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Perhaps the most attention-grabbing news from last month was that Team Artemis became the fi rst America's Cup news video of the af- team to fl ip an AC 45 on February 20. termath of the capsize While it may have appeared embarrass- that an anchorwoman ing, this actually wasn't as bad as it on a New Zealand TV seemed on the surface. station says that "the Have you ever heard the maxim that, boat should be ready for "There are two types of boaters: those Team New Zealand to who've wrapped their prop and those sail the following week" who will?" Well that applies to multihull . . . hmmm — they still sailing as well . . . "There are two types haven't publicly chal- of multihull sailors: those who've fl ipped lenged. Which brings us and those who will." It was bound to to our next topic: happen at some point, and Artemis not only got it out of the way early, they did Challengers it on someone else's boat! The Yacht Club de Apparently, the team was fi ddling with France formally an- the furling gear on one of the headsails, nounced its challenge got into irons and while they were drifting for America's Cup 34 on backwards, the airfl ow re-attached to the February 9. The team wing, fl ipping the boat with haste. will be lead by one of All the other teams surely made note that country's most fa- of this scenario. The wing was damaged, mous dynamic sibling and although ACRM director Iain Murray duos, Bruno and Loïck said that the boat would be back sailing Peyron. in a couple days, as of this writing, that The former was a had yet to happen. The Christchurch three-time winner of earthquake could well have played a role the Jules Verne Tro- in delaying the relaunch, but the dam- phy — he was the fi rst age looked pretty extensive, and Oracle's to break the formerly CORE Builders are still trying to churn mythical 80-day 'round these boats out so that everyone who the world mark with signs up can have on for the America's Commodore Explorer in Cup World Series Events in the AC 45. '93. His second win came We couldn't help but notice in a TV with Orange in '02, and TEAM Australia got a chance to sail the AC 45 his third with Orange II in '05. Younger The America's Cup 34 racing area has been before Artemis took the opportunity to fl ip it. unveiled, and while you may notice that the brother Loïck is tabbed as the skipper for areas encircled by pink dots are designated for their AC 34 effort, and was an ORMA 60 of Alinghi 5 for America's Cup 33. spectator boats, we have to believe that if your impresario — he won six championships Their offi cial team name will be "En- boat's name can't legitimately be prefaced by in that class — with what are probably ergy Team," and should prove to be a the letters "M/Y", you're going to be S.O.L. All hundreds of thousands of sea miles un- serious contender given the sheer bulk of the more reason to enjoy the action from land! der his boots. He also served as skipper multihull knowledge developed in France over the last four decades, provided they can scratch up some funding. On February 16, an Australian challenger emerged. There still aren't any details on who is driving the challenge, nor which club the team is challenging from. Video of the team sailing the AC 45 in Auckland was followed by Neville Wittey — someone who hasn't been involved in the Cup — if memory serves — since '95, giving his thoughts on the new Cup format. When the press release went out to announce the challenge, a URL embedded in the release just led to a domain name placeholder. Later that day, there was at least something other than a placeholder, but there hasn't ACEA been much progress since, and there's not much more we can tell you at this point. A statement attributed to "TEAM AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY Page 86 • Latitude 38 • March, 2011 AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY • AMERICA'S CUP 34 SAN FRANCISCO BAY — SAN FRANCISCO BAY

how hard would it have been to at least have their boilerplate website up when the release went out? If it had, in fact, been in the works for a year and TEAM Australia will be a viable challenger, it wasn't walking the walk. It would be great to see Australia back in the Amer- ica's Cup, and an America's Cup World Series event in Fremantle or Sydney Harbor would be pretty dynamite. With a month to go before the close of the entry deadline for the 34th America's Cup, there is still a conﬁ rmed — but un- announced — entry. At this point, there's a relative paucity of challengers for AC 34. The little teaser a few weeks back from ACEA about a potential Chinese entry may have been a solicitation more than anything; Hong Kong sailor Frank Pong, who chaired the China Team in '07, is rumored to have said "no, thanks" already to overtures to enter. The two French challengers both say that the country can't support two efforts, and Team New Zealand is not onboard yet — publicly. In order to have eight to 10 teams — Russell Coutts has sworn up and down that he expects there to be — there would likely have to be 11- 13 teams that at least make it to the AC

GILLES MARTIN-RAGET 45 stage to accommodate the inevitable attrition that seems to happen with these efforts. With six weeks left in the entry period, and Challenger of Record Vincenzo Onorato reporting that his Mascalzone Australia" says that the effort has been campaign, and not exactly noteworthy. Latino team has no sponsors, we're start- underway for a year and that it "com- The manner of the announcement was ing to get a little concerned — hopefully prises a mix of experiences straddling surprising — the team missed a signiﬁ - it proves to be unfounded — that the technical backgrounds, business skills cant branding opportunity, and really, Louis Vuitton Cup could end up being a and passionate sailing enthusiasts." Bruno Peyron, left, says, "we're in!" He and brother Loïck have dubbed themselves 'Energy Team' All of these attributes would seem to and aligned themselves with the Yacht Club de France; right, the look says it all. . . Paul Cayard and be pretty helpful for an America's Cup Iain Murray debrief after the "christening" of the AC 45 during a practice sail in Auckland. GILLES MARTIN-RAGET ACEA

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two- or three-boat affair. prospective host sites to provide the infrastructure and support needed to World Series Dates Announced stage a superior event on and off the The schedule for the AC 45 segment water. Tens of thousands of fans are of the America's Cup World Series was expected to watch in person at each announced last month, but unfortu- venue." nately, none of the locations came with We hope that turns out to be true, them, which seemed kind of strange. but this sure seems to be an ambitious They are as follows: schedule. Also announced last month Event One: July 16-24 was the Racing Area for America's Cup Event Two: August 13-21 34. It will basically consume the entire Event Three: September 17-25 Central Bay, and although there seems Event Four: October 15-23 to be areas set aside for spectator boats, Event Five: December 10-18 we have to think that unless you're Event Six: February 17-25, '12 rocking a boat that can legitimately Event Seven: April 14-22, '12 preface its name with the letters M/Y, Event Eight: May 19-27, '12 you'll probably have to settle for being "We are incredibly pleased with the beyond the perimeter. The AC 72s will potential choices we have before us, GILLES MARTIN-RAGET potentially go out the Gate to Pt. Bonita, with venues that offer the kind of up- given the right conditions, which should close action that fans want to see,” said make for some spectacular television. Richard Worth, Chairman of the ACEA. The AC 45 shows off its tattered wing following As you can tell there are still quite “We are fi nalizing our slate now. We feel the capsize. The aft fl ap is missing, and the skin a few balls in the air, and the manner very confi dent that each America’s Cup on the upper portion is shredded to bits. in which they drop will probably have a World Series event will be fi rst-class, A statement released by the team huge bearing on the way AC 34 unfolds. creating a real foundation for future said that the, "venue assessment Only time will tell, so stay tuned. editions of the circuit.” process has focused on the ability of — latitude/rg

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The Singlehanded Sailing Society's Three Bridge Fiasco has produced a string of turnouts in the 300-plus range in the last few years, and this year's edition proved to be no different. The attendance was so big, in fact, that it prompted SSS Commodore Max Crittenden to remark to the crowd that gathered for the January 26 Skippers' Meeting at a packed-to-the- gills Oakland YC that the turnout was "seriously scary." As the last opportunity to enter the 21-mile choose-your-own-adventure, pursuit-race tour of the Bay's three main bridges, the meeting brought out not only the late-entries, but also a whole host of newcomers. When Crittenden asked for a show of hands on who was doing the race for the fi rst time, about 20 hands went up in the air! Laura Paul-Muñoz and Pat Broderick of the YRA were on hand to process PHRF certifi cate renewals — which were then emailed to the next table over where the Society's John Foster was leading last-minute entries through the online automated entry form on an iPad. The fi nal entry to come in before the cutoff — when the R/C left the building — was number 369!

Those kinds of numbers easily put the race into the "largest-in-the-country" territory, and when you consider that a whopping 318 boats started the race on January 29, well you get the picture: this thing resonates with people. design classes have put the event on their EXCEPT WHERE NOTED ALL PHOTOSLATITUDE/LADONNA Scheduled at a relatively slow time in season championship schedule. There's the racing calendar, the race owes much also the course. Having so many choices, of its popularity to this fact, but also to the like which order and direction to round the The J/105s get rolling down the Cityfront in the early southerly, before the breeze completely shut race's three marks — Black- off and everyone got fl ushed toward the Gate. In- aller, Treasure Island and sets, clockwise from bottom left — Aaron Kennedy Red Rock — or whether to retrieves his anchor aboard Ay Caliente!; sucking sail through Raccoon Strait, it up and heading across the Bay to Red Rock was for instance, means that the the way to go; the Cityfront parking lot. Three Bridge Fiasco requires more strategy, decision-mak- as he and son Nick passed the credit for ing, mental dexterity and their win back and forth. creativity. "This is when he and I touch bases But for as many systemic in life," the elder Nash said. "It connects reasons as there are for the us." race to be this popular, there are plenty that are more personal. For the winners of S trategically, this year's race was a LATITUDE/ROB PHRF 153-195 and top over- tough one. At least three weather models all doublehanded monohull were pretty much in accord that the breeze honors, the race brings fa- would start off from the southwest before 'Rocket 88's overall winners Ian Klitza and Brendan Busch. ther and son together. The gradually clocking around to the west and simple math involved with only having one Richmond YC's Chris and Nick Nash — building throughout the day. or two sailors aboard any given boat — it one branch of the Bay's dynastic sailing At the same time, a runoff-juiced ebb frees up a lot of crew, who in a fully-crewed family — sail the family's Hawkfarm El — air temps in the Sierra had been in the event would be otherwise committed. But Gavilan together every year in the fi asco. 50-degree range during the week — started those aren't the only reasons. There's also Last year they also won their division, but peaking while the fi rst boats got underway the fact that some of the Bay's larger one that wasn't the fi rst thing on Chris' mind at 9:30 a.m. With a six-foot swing from the

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off Pier 39 in the Latitude 38 photoboat before pulling into City Yachts to take on fuel at about 11:10 a.m. When we left at about 11:45, almost all the boats who'd been off Pier 39, had been fl ushed back past Crissy Field! We were seeing up to 3.5 knots of ebb — before it had even suppos- edly maxed-out. The boats that didn't get fl ushed comprised seven or eight Moore 24s — of the 30 that started — that had closely played the seawall and successfully avoided a pitfall created by a swimming race and its safety boats that were headed to Aquatic Park from McCovey Cove. "We were right with that group," said Moore US 101's Rudy Salazar. "But, we were the fi rst boat that had to sail away from the wall to stay clear of the swimmers and that fl ushed us." The Nashes took what, on paper, was a slightly unorthodox approach, heading for Red Rock almost straight away. "Nick was the one who called this," 7:30 a.m. high tide, everyone knew that inside — Aquatic Park, the 4- to 6-knot Chris said. "We were headed with everyone current would be a dominant issue. breeze shut off, and the current took over, else toward Treasure Island. We'd done When the early starters got going, they fl ushing all but a few boats back toward that once before where we wasted a bunch were greeted by a pleasant south-south- the Gate. While those seven or eight boats of time trying to get to where we thought westerly reminiscent of last year's race. were able to make decent progress toward we wanted to go. This time we just said, Almost everyone took the bait, heading Yerba Buena Island, it was a different story 'why waste the time?'" for Treasure Island fi rst, short-tacking for everyone else. We were tooling around The duo bailed and headed for the face down the Cityfront. But as soon as most From left — 6-year-old Caspian Bailey received an award for his turn at the helm through three-straight gybes of the boats were off — or in some cases in Raccoon Strait while dad Doug trimmed; Katka Letzing and Leah Pepe make the best of the light air. WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM / WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM / ERIK SIMONSON ERIK SIMONSON

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of Angel Island, where they found some favorable counter-current that took them to Pt. Blunt. From there it was a struggle to get over to more relief in the Berkeley Cir- cle, but once they did, they were able to get around Red Rock in the counter-clockwise direction and light drizzle that accompa- nied the forecasted 8- to 12-knot westerly. After that they reached back down for a clockwise rounding of T.I., where the breeze The Moore 24s turned out the race's largest one design division at 30 boats, 22 of which ﬁ nished. started back- lighter Rocket all throughout the race. well. I leave 99% of the driving to it, and I ing toward the "After we got around Red Rock, we do most of the thinking. It's a great race, south again. were able to lay T.I. in the southerly, but I love it." After work- we had to tack pretty much in front of the Helms ﬁ nished at 4:52 p.m., just 50 ing their way Bay Bridge tollbooth to do it," Busch — a seconds before Peter Jones' Yankee 30 back up the veteran of two Worrell 1000s said. Emerald, the top overall singlehanded Cityfront, the "We got concerned with Shadow follow- monohull. duo made ing right behind us," Klitza, boat captain A combination of the light air and the short for Bill Turpin's R/P 77 Akela said about ripping ebb that primarily affected the

LATITUDE/ROB leg around looking in their rearview mirror during the Blackaller race. and called it a The duo fi nished in grand style at about very success- 3:45 p.m., ten minutes before the Nashes Gary Helms ful day. and fi ve minutes ahead of Shadow. Although we didn't get an exact count, "We had the spinnaker up, fl ying a hull it was clear at the awards presentation across the finish line," Busch that the majority of the winners of all but said. "Then, the ride back to the lowest-rated divisions went to Red Richmond was unreal." Rock fi rst. Of course for the later start- Of course the race is put on by ers, the westerly had fi lled, making the the Singlehanded Sailing Society, strategic choices a little simpler. and there were 35 singlehanded Such was the case for the doublehand- starters. Of those, only 13 fi n- ed overall winners Brendan Busch and ished, with Corsair trimaran Ian Klitza aboard the former's modifi ed D- dealer Gary Helms leading the Class catamaran Rocket 88. Although they way aboard his Corsair 750 sailed plenty of distance to the hot angles Sprint Rice Rocket. Helms also required by the cat, the breeze meant chose the clockwise route and that a clockwise trip was in the cards as said that sailing his tri solo isn't it was for their main competition, Peter as hard as it would sound. Stoneberg's Formula 40 Shadow, which "I've got it kinda fi gured out," kept applying pressure to the smaller and Helms said. "My autopilot works Clockwise from below — the Three Bridge Fiasco brings out all types of boats; Dylan Benja- min's Dog Patch 26 'Moonshine' was the victim of an unfortunate collision after this photo was taken; Nick and Chris Nash have won their division two years running; 'Samba' hugs the wall while 'Sapphire' sneaks inside; Jacqueline Philpott made her fi rst attempt at the Fiasco, and like almost half the fl eet found it impossible to fi nish in time; that's rough. ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/LADONNA EXCEPT WHERE NOTED ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/LADONNA

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And Nash isn't the only one who's logged a bunch of these races in its 20-plus year higher-rated boats conspired against the story of a hellacious wipeout in a pump- history. At the rate it's going, the Fiasco fl eet fi nishing en masse. By the time the ing summer breeze, the Fiasco's charley is well on-track for another 20-plus years, 7 p.m. deadline rolled around, a little over foxtrot was a result of no breeze as Dylan and the only bummer about this year's half of the starters were able to make it Benjamin's well-traveled Dog Patch 26 Fiasco was not being out there. to the fi nish off the Golden Gate YC. But Moonshine became a victim of the current We sampled people on what was the the breeze and ebb weren't the only things off Treasure Island and found itself as best piece of advice was that they'd ever working against the fl eet: the winner in the cross on a T-bone of a much heavier gotten about the race, and the best re- the highly weight-sensitive Wabbit class boat that wasn't built of plywood — like sponse came from Chris Nash: was the only boat in the class with run- Benjamin's little ultralight. The collision "Go!" ning lights! Bringing up the rear — for the ripped about a two-square-foot hole in — latitude/rg fi nishers — was Tony Wyant's Moore 24 Moonshine's starboard side, thankfully Taz, which made the cutoff by a scant 25 above the waterline. SINGLEHANDED SAILING SOCIETY THREE seconds. Buzz Blackett and Jim Antrim aboard BRIDGE FIASCO (1/29) the former's Class 40 designed by the lat- SH MULTI — 1) Rice Rocket, Corsair 750, Gary ter, California Condor, would have been Helms. (1 fi nisher, 2 boats) SH SPORTBOAT — No fi nishers (4 boats) There was some carnage unfortu- the top monohull, but after fi nishing, they SH PHRF < 108 — 1) Ragtime!, J/92, Bob John- nately, and rather than the typical Bay informed the R/C that they'd had to use ston; 2) Razzberries, Olson 34, Bruce Nesbit; 3) their engine to get their 10-ft deep keel off Gavilan, Wylie 39, Brian Lewis. (7 boats) the mud west of the Berkeley Circle, and SH PHRF 111-150 — 1) Whirlwind, Wyliecat 30, were retiring. The R/C rightfully thanked Dan Benjamin; 2) Firefl y, Dehler 34, Chris Case; 3) them for their sportsmanlike conduct. Moonshadow, Custom Wylie 31, David Morris. (6 The Fiasco engenders loyalty among its boats) participants; for Nick Nash, this was his SH PHRF > 153 — 1) Emerald, Yankee 30, Peter Jones; 2) , Islander 28, Bill White; 3) LATITUDE/ROB 16th race — his fi rst came at the age of 14! Horizon Sum- mertime Dream, Schumacher 1/4-ton, Scott Ow- ens. (6 boats) SH NON_SPINNAKER — No fi nishers DH MULTI — 1) Rocket 88, Modifi ed D-Cat, Brendan Busch/Ian Klitza; 2) Shadow, Formula 40, Peter Stoneberg/Keith Notary; 3) Adrenaline, Mod. D-Class Cat, Bill Erkelens Sr./Skip Elliot. (9 boats) COURTESY DURA MATER COURTESY

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DH SPORTBOAT — 1) Fiasco, Laser SB3, Sean 3) Melilani, Richard Butts/Jill Visor. (11 boats) Svendsen/Dave Wilhite; 2) JetStream, JS9000, DH MOORE 24 — 1) Sunshine, Stanly & Alison Dan Alvarez/Tom Warren; 3) Angel, Hobie 33, Zhe- Martin; 2) JR, Richard Korman/Chris Davison; 3) nya Kirueshkin-Stepanoff/Mikey Radziejowski. (27 Mooretician, Roe Patterson/n/a. (30 boats) boats) DH OLSON 29/30 — 1) Utopia, David Lee/Not DH PHRF < 108 — 1) Checkered Past, Wyliecat Available; 2) Black Knight, Curt Rodgers/; 3) Drag- 39, Chris Gibbs/Geoff Ashton; 2) Invisible Hand, onsong, Sam Mcfadden/Don Schultz. (4 boats) J/111, Frank Slootman/Greg Nelsen; 3) Coyote, DH SF BAY 30 — 1) Solar Wind, Martin 32, Max Beneteau 42, Connie/Steve Hill. (48 boats) Crittenden/Jan Brewer; 2) Vent Vitesse, Tony Ca- DH PHRF 111-150 — 1) Sail A Vie, Ericson 35 struccio/Konstantin Andreyevs. (2 fi nishers, 8 boats) Mk. II, Phil Macfarlane/Geoff Pentz; 2) Harp, Catalina DH WYLIECAT 30 — 1) Uno, Steve Wonnner/ 38, Mike Mannix/Linda Farrabee; 3) Plus Sixteen, Bren Meyer; 2) Dazzler, Tom Patterson/Sue Estey. (5 Olson 911, Paul Disario/Jamin Horn. (23 boats) boats) DH PHRF 153-195 — 1) El Gavilan, Hawkfarm, DH WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Bad Hare Day, Erik Chris & Nick Nash; 2) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Menzel/Garrett Brown. (1 fi nisher, 5 boats) Fair/Cindy Surdez; 3) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Car- DH SC 27 — 1) Giant Slayer, David Garman/ les/Sev Mimar. (31 boats) Guy Stickny; 2) Rocinante, Warren Pelz/Scott Nel- The ebb creates the illusion that Mike Mannix' 'Harp' DH PHRF > 198 — 1) Can O' Whoopass, Cal son; 3) Wild Rumpus, Stephanie & Andy Schwenk. is actually making way, but that wasn't the case. 20, Richard vonEhrenkrook/Paul Sutchek; 2) Tinker, (4 boats) Wilderness 21, Matthew Beall/Les Schultz. (5 boats, lerton/Tom Bria; 2) Exy, Chris Sears/John Navas; 3) DH F24/SPRINT 750 — 1) Sunbow3, Ken John- 2 fi nishers) Eclipse, Mark Dowdy/Craig Page. (9 boats) son/Chris Boome; 2) Origami, Ross Stein/Bill Pace. DH NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Windstar, Worth 40, DH F-27 — 1) Fair Dinkum, Brett Rieder/Kaye (2 fi nishers, 4 boats) Fred Hess/Adam Miner; 2) Iliohale, Hanse 341, Gary Mason; 2) Origami, Greg Carter/David Bocce; 3) DH J/24 — 1) On Belay, Don Taylor/Jasper Van Ryan/Eric Hensley; 3) Escapade, Sabre 40-2, Nicho- Three Sigma, Christopher Harvey/Martin Unsal. (6 Vliet; 2) Downtown Uproar, Darren Cumming/Chris las Sands/Bruce Baker. (17 boats) boats) Pine. (2 fi nishers, 5 boats) DH EXPRESS 27 — 1) Motorcycle Irene, Will DH J/105 — 1) Racer X, Rich Pipkin/Mary DH SANTANA 22 — No fi nishers Paxton/Bryan Moore; 2) Great White, Rachel Fogel/ McGrath; 2) Akula, Douglas Bailey/Caspian Bailey; DH F-31R — 1) Emma, Bill & Brock Roberts; 2) JP Sirey; 3) Chile Dog, Richard Deveau/Scott Gor- Roshambo, Darren & Dan Doud; 3) Lil Bear, Dave & don. (21 boats) Vicky Austin. (4 boats) DH EXPRESS 37 — 1) Mudshark, David Ful- Complete results at: www.sfbaysss.org

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Just as many species of waterfowl feel an innate urge to migrate north every spring, hundreds of adventure-hungry introduce you to the Pacifi c Puddle Jump sailors gather in ports along the West Class of 2011 (part I): Coast of the Americas to join the annual springtime migration to French Polynesia Pua'ena — Outbound 44 — a 3,000-mile blue-water passage we Mark & Dot Hazlett, Honolulu, HI like to call the Pacifi c Puddle Jump. Not long after Mark and Dorothy met 20 years ago, he found out that she'd cruised extensively during the '70s — including a double-handed return to the West Coast from French Polynesia — and he knew she was the girl for him. Because their home is in Hawaii, they've planned a South Pacifi c circuit that will have them island-hopping to New Zealand, then north to Fiji and on to Hawaii. After raising four kids together, it's time for them to go out and have some big fun as a couple again. ALL PHOTOS ZAC TURPIN Buena Vista — Formosa Peterson 46 Dot and Mark will eventually complete a circuit Don & Debbie Robertson, Ventura, CA aboard 'Pua'ena' to their Hawaii homeport. Don and Debbie don't mind telling to be sitting in a rocking chair when I'm how they met. "She picked me up in a 80 saying to myself. 'Why didn't you do bar," admits Don. "And it was pretty easy that?'" to do!" Although they have different roots The fact that he's singlehanding will — he's an Aussie and she's American — make the trip all the more challenging, they hit it off immediately and have been but he will have help: "Sally, my Sailomat together ever since. windvane steering device, is a great crew Neither of them grew up sailing, member. She doesn't eat anything and though. In fact, they found their fi rst does exactly as she's told." boat perched in a cow pasture near Fleet members were all smiles at our Paradise Chico. When Don fi rst saw it his gut told Village shindig in February. But who wouldn't him to buy it. "We scared ourselves silly be when they're about to sail to Tahiti? trying to fi gure out how to sail it on Lake Oro- ville," admits Debbie. Don and Debbie are in no hurry to bring 'Buena But eventually they got Vista' back to 'Oz'. it together, and after We tracked down dozens of these moving to Ventura they hardy voyagers last month in Mexico and honed their cruising Panama in order to toast their departure skills in the Channel and get to know them so we could share Islands. their stories with you in these pages. The game plan now As in years past, we met dozens of is to take a couple of Jumpers at our annual PPJ Send-off seasons sailing Buena Party at the Vallarta YC (February 4) in Vista 'home' to Austra- Nuevo Vallarta's well-named Paradise lia, where they'll spend Village Resort (the Club was our gener- their retirement years. ous co-host). We'll introduce you to them here. Dash — Yamaha 36 Next month we'll bring you a second Gary Malloy installment of Puddle Jumper mini-pro- Los Angeles, CA fi les, featuring the westbound cruisers Gary can pinpoint we met February 12 at the Balboa YC in the exact beginning of Panama (there again, the Club graciously his cruising dreams: co-hosted). when he read Robin By the time you read this, some of Lee Graham's best-sell- these lucky vagabonds will already have er Dove at age 12. Now, set sail from Mexico, Panama or the more than four de- Galapagos for the storied landfalls of cades later, he's glad to Polynesia. We hope to bring you some fi nally be having some of their crossing tales in upcoming is- seagoing adventures of sues. But for the moment, allow us to his own. "I don't want

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His cruise plan: "Just keep doing it ed looking for a boat of their 15° N as long as it's fun." own. They eventually found this sloop in Australia and Narama — Brolga 33 brought her home to B.C. Routes of the Stephen Anstee & Heidi Krajewsky on her own bottom — after Pacifi c Puddle Jumpers Sydney, AUS recovering from a humbling • La Paz Stephen, an Aussie who took his fi rst setback in the Tasman Sea. 0° sailboat trip when he was 3 months old, "The idea this time," says Vallarta Stephen, "is to sail down to Australia, work for a while, then return to B.C. via the ring of fi re — that is, via Ja- pan." Marquesas

Zephyr — Shin Fa 45.8 Bill & Tracy Hudson Panama Denver, CO "We've been sailing for almost 30 years, but it's all been on inland lakes throughout New plore the world under sail — something Mexico and Colorado," explains Bill. she knew nothing about. "The dream Then three years ago they sold their busi- started when I was about 7 or 8 years ness and bought this boat — which was old," Mark recalls. "I remember reading a prototype for the Liberty 458. During a book about sailing, and I decided that the past 20 months, they've logged 8,000 was something I had to do someday." This time Stephen and Heidi are taking 'Nara- miles. Four years ago Mark announced to Yuka ma' downwind instead of upwind. What was their inspiration? "I think got together with Heidi, a Canadian, the dream started with my uncle in when they were both crewing on the Seattle who took us out on his 36-ft charter schooner Maple Leaf in B.C. and sailboat during our honeymoon," Tracy Southeast Alaska. recalls. "It was just so relaxing and so After working and traveling together much fun." for six years, they got married and start- Bill claims it's Tracy who's been driving their departure. "It was kind of my idea," she says. "I bought the boat and it was like, 'I'm going with or without you, and I'd kind of like to have you with me so. . .'" Luckily it didn't It wasn't hard for Mark to convince Yuka to take much arm join him aboard 'Merkava'. twisting to get "We're going!" She was a bit shocked, but him to agree. said, "Okay, I'm in!" And they've been happily cruising ever since. Merkava — Fraser 41 La Fiesta — Catalina 42 Mark Aisbett The Clarke family, Brisbane, AUS & Yuka Morino Australians David and Angelina came Vancouver, BC all the way to California just to go shop- Mark first ping — for a boat that is. Their prized met Yuka while purchase is this sweet Catalina 42 that they were hik- they'll now deliver home to Brisbane, ing near Van- with the help of their 4-year-old daughter couver. As she Natalie. got to know him, If that sounds ambitious, fear not. she learned that This family previously made a trip from he had a burn- Oz to South Africa when Natalie was only ing desire to ex- 8 months old.

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Sudden Stops Necessary — Beneteau First 38s5 Chet Chauhan, San Francisco, CA lenge. But if Chet fi nds himself drifting cruising Mexico and are now Chet's initial Puddle Jump goal was to on an equatorial calm, he'll have good looking forward to exploring the be the fi rst British, Kenyan-born sailor company: his friend Cyrille, who's been South Pacifi c isles and beyond. of East Indian descent to enter the rally. dubbed the 'secret weapon', as he is Mission accomplished. Folks from all French. The pair met on the Ha-Ha and Dilligaf — Jeanneau 49 DS over the world have entered previous Chet later convinced Cyrille to join his Bill Teasdale & Sue Dalton South Pacifi c adventure, thanks to the Bellevue, WA manipulative affects of tequila. These days, more and more Chet recalls, "Ever since I read a single people meet through social Puddle Jump Recap article in Latitude networking sites. But not Bill and 10 years ago, I've been determined to do Sue. They met back in 2001 while it myself someday." on a scuba diving trip to remote Truk Lagoon — the Japanese Aeolus — Hans Christian 38T military's most formidable Pacifi c Ib & Yadranka Svane, Pt Lincoln, AUS stronghold during WWII. Ib, who comes from Even though they a Danish sailing family, are both longtime hooked up with Yadranka water lovers — Bill in her native Austra- spent years as a diver aboard lia many years ago. "He a U.S. Navy sub — it took a talked about going cruis- while to convince Sue to set ing for a long time," she off into the sunset aboard a ALL PHOTOS ZAC TURPIN explains, "but I thought sailboat. Bill, who claims he's The magic of tequila helped Chet (right) recruit it was just talk. Then wanted to explore the world his French-speaking crewman, Cyrille. one day he shocked me under sail since he was 16, Jumps, but that combination is defi nitely when he started shopping tells us he fi nally convinced unique. for a boat. And as I look her to try cruising last year. His second PPJ goal is a bit tougher: back now, this has been Since then, they've made two to sail the entire route (no engine hours), the best thing we've ever trips to Alaska and are now as he did last fall in the Baja Ha-Ha rally. done." beginning an open-ended With the fi ckle nature of winds in the They both report hav- Yadranka didn't realize Ib was Pacifi c cruise. ITCZ (doldrums), that could be a chal- ing had a wonderful time serious about going cruising.

Endorfi n ...... G Quesnel & K Precepa-Quesnel ....Coronado 35 ...... Sault St Marie, ON 2011 PACIFIC PUDDLE JUMP FLEET Evergreen ...... Dennis & Carol Morrison ...... Liberty 458 ...... Seattle, WA (This list is undoubtedly incomplete, as many boats typically escape the 'Latitude radar'.) Far Fetched ...... Bruce & Stephen Albert ...... Beneteau Oceanis 390 ...... Grant's Pass, OR Forty-Two ...... Carsten Borchardt ...... Westerly Fulmar 32 ...... Hamburg, DEU Boat Name Owners & Crew Boat Type Homeport Fully Involved ...... Mike & Jan Drury ...... Island Packet 420 ...... Perth, AUS Galatea ...... Neil Scott & Dan Foust ...... Island Packet 420 ...... San Francisco, CA A Blue Moon ...... Rob & Jo Woollacott ...... Woollacott 45 ...... Devonport, NZL Gato Go ...... Craig Wiese & Bruce Foust ...... Kennex 445 ...... San Diego, CA Abora ...... Wolfgang & Ellen Buelow ...... Amel Super Maramu 53 ...... Heidelberg, DEU Georgia J ...... Kim & Sharon Barr ...... Passport 47 ...... Tiburon, CA Aeolus ...... Ib & Yadranka Svane ...... Hans Christian 38T ...... Port Lincoln, AUS Gigi ...... James & Karen Finn ...... Island Packet 440 ...... Brisbane, AUS Ainia ...... Bruce Clark & June Wan ...... Bristol 45.5 ...... Whitby, ON Gipsy Jae ...... Michael Langdon ...... Downeaster 38 ...... Geelong, AUS Alcheringa II ...... W Campbell & B Richardson ...... Van de Stadt 44 ...... Edmonton, AB Gone Bambu ...... Darrell & Gayle Smith ...... Spencer 53 ...... San Francisco, CA AmoreKai ...... Gino Valente ...... Tayana 37PH ...... San Francisco, CA Gratitude ...... Frank Whittemore ...... Island Packet 370 ...... San Diego, CA Anna X ...... Helmut Supper ...... Jeanneau Espace 1100 ...... Vienna, AUT Hadar ...... Daniel Poulson ...... Morgan 41 ...... Palm City, FL Architeuthis ...... Jared Kibele ...... Mariner 31 ...... Moss Landing, CA Hakuna Matata ...... Vincent & Yi-Lin Cheng ...... Cal 3-46 ...... Long Beach, CA Balquhidder ...... Don & Stella Patterson ...... Hunter 450 ...... Tacoma, WA Helena ...... Eddy & Glenda Huybs ...... Bruce Roberts 44 ...... Leopoldsburg, BEL Blue ...... Neville & Maggie Hansen ...... Nordhavn 46 ...... Channel Islands Idyll Island ...... Derek Gale & Cathryn Corbett ...... Voyager 440 ...... Victoria, BC Bobbie ...... Emily ...... Magellan 36 ...... Marina del Rey, CA Imagine ...... David & Shelley Heaslip ...... Gulfstar 68 ...... Hilo, HI Boundless1 ...... Richard Clennett ...... Privilege 495 ...... Hobart, AUS Inca ...... Aaron King ...... Orion 58 ...... Sydney, AUS Braveheart ...... Bob Callaway ...... MacGregor 65 PH cutter ...... Pleasant Harbor, WA Infi ni ...... Michael & Susan Beilan ...... Westsail 43 ...... Tampa, FL Britannia ...... Krister & Amanda Bowman ...... CS 36 ...... San Francisco, CA Irma ...... Otakar & Jana Hons ...... Hallberg-Rassy 40 ...... Praha, CZE Buena Vista ...... Don & Debbie Robertson ...... Formosa Peterson 46 ...... Ventura, CA Island Bound ...... Bill & Kat Russell ...... Peterson 44 ...... Seattle, WA Calou ...... Bruce & Pascale Powell ...... Sun Odyssey 45 ...... Tiburon, CA Jacana of Melbourne .....Dan & Yolanda Heiler ...... Northshore 46 ...... Melbourne, AUS C’est la Vie ...... Sammy Hajinikitas...... Maxi Yacht 88 ...... Sydney, AUS Java ...... R. Evan Dill ...... Crowther 48 cat ...... Cayucos, CA Ceilydh (Kay-lee) ...... Evan Gatehouse & Diane Selkirk ....Woods Meander 40 ...... Vancouver, BC Kailani ...... John & Marina Burns ...... Antares 44 ...... Victoria, BC Champagne ...... Clark Hamm & Marga Bakker ...... Beneteau First 42 ...... Los Angeles, CA Kanga ...... Jim Hassberge & Jeanne Harvey ....Valiant 40 ...... Coos Bay, OR Changing Spots ...... Robert Watson ...... Leopard 40 ...... Vancouver, BC Kindred Spirit III ...... F. Bradford & Gloria Smith ...... Venus 46 ...... Philadelphia, PA Chesapeake ...... James Fair & Linda Powers ...... Outbound 46 ...... Berkeley, CA Kite ...... John & Zdenka Griswold ...... Valiant 42 ...... Portland, ME Cuba Libre 3 ...... Orlando Duran & Linda Richards ....Catalina-Morgan 440 ...... Marina del Rey, CA Kittywake ...... John Metke ...... Fountaine-Pajot Athena 38 ...Sitka, AK Dash ...... Gary Malloy ...... Yamaha 36 ...... Los Angeles, CA La Cueca ...... Gary Larter & Rory Moore ...... Columbia 40 ...... Newport Beach, CA Dazzler ...... Daniel Morrison ...... Union Polaris 36 ...... Marina del Rey, CA La Luz ...... Doug Bell ...... Morris Frances 26 ...... Castine, ME Dilligaf ...... William Teasdale ...... Jeanneau 49 DS ...... Bellevue, WA LaFiesta ...... David Clarke ...... Catalina 42 ...... Brisbane, AUS Distant Shores ...... Gary & Cindy Ladd ...... Lafi tte 44 ...... Alameda, CA Lardo ...... Dennis & MaryLee Millard ...... Cal 39 ...... Alameda, CA Doin’ It ...... James & Kimberly Knull ...... Pearson 362 ...... Maui, Hawaii Libertad ...... Dennis & Virginia Johns ...... Amel Maramu 46 ...... Santa Barbara, CA Dolphin ...... Skip White ...... Islander 44 ...... Port San Luis, CA Loki ...... Bruce Bambrick ...... Roberts Offshore 44 ...... Berkeley, CA Don Quixote ...... Dean & Toast Conger ...... Lagoon 380 ...... Seattle, WA Loose Pointer ...... Daniel Best & Kathryn Sieck ...... Kelly-Peterson 44 ...... Richmond

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Lardo — Cal 39 Dennis & MaryLee Millard, Alameda, CA not just a delivery. "It's not really "The inspiration to do this has been about rushing home to Australia. We there for a long time. Now's the time to do see the islands of the South Pacifi c it," says Dennis. "The world is a beautiful as our destination — warm clear place and I think part of our role on this water, trade winds, blue skies. . . planet is to get out and appreciate that things that we haven't seen enough beauty." of. And it's easier to get into the best MaryLee met Dennis in Alaska, where places in the South Pacifi c from this he was working as a bush pilot. When side of the Pacifi c." she eventually decided to lure him to What place are they looking for- San Francisco, sailing was the bait that ward to visiting most? Tonga. snagged him. Their fi rst year here, they lived in Sausalito and "literally sailed Teka Nova — every single week." Blomquist Custom 62 Dennis and MaryLee won't miss the freezing Terry Baverstock & Christine north while sailing the tropics on 'Lardo'. Jarvis, Cardiff, GBR These cheerful British cruisers are 4.5 years into what they thought Bill and Sue debate which way to steer their would be a 10-year journey, and so far twin wheels aboard 'Dilligaf'. they're following an unconventional Gigi — Island Packet 440 route. After crossing the Atlantic with James & Karen Finn, Brisbane, AUS the 2006 ARC Rally they sailed to the Although they make lots of excellent Galapagos. But instead of heading west custom boats in Australia, there aren't to French Polynesia, they made a beeline nearly as many production-built brands for Hawaii — a 4,400-mile passage — to choose from as there are in the U.S. then sailed on up to Washington and And with the Aussie dollar currently Alaska. Now that they've gotten that trading strong against the American out of their systems, they're ready for greenback it's no wonder folks like warmer climates again. James and Karen are coming to the They expect to make New Zealand States to fi nd their dream boat. by Christmas, visiting out-of-the-way But for them this Pacifi c crossing is anchorages along the way, then. . . ?

Lorrigray II ...... Graham & Lorraine Parkinson ...... Dix 65 ...... Durban, ZAF Scotch Power 3 ...... Jeff McConnel ...... Catalina 380 ...... Kona, HI Marbella ...... Douglas Saxe ...... Endeavour 37 ...... Rufus, OR Sea Flyer ...... Gary Kegel & Kathy Brown ...... Cheoy Lee Offshore 38 ...... Kenai, AK Marionette IV ...... Roger & Marion Holden ...... Taswell 49 ...... Adelaide, AUS Senta ...... Jean-Eudes Gavrel ...... Pearson 365 ketch ...... La Paz, MEX Mektoub ...... Willi Kaltz ...... Wauquiez Amphora 37 ...... Eisenberg, DEU Shango ...... Roger Block & Amy Jordan ...... Pacifi c Seacraft 40 ...... Newburyport, MA Merkava ...... Mark Aisbett ...... Fraser 41 ...... Vancouver, BC Shanti ...... Emil Giese ...... Catalina 42 ...... Friday Harbor, WA Midnight Blue ...... Tim Callahan ...... Camper Nicholson 40 ...... St. John, USVI Shuang Yu ...... Ted Berry & Pamela Lau ...... Catalina 400 ...... San Diego, CA Mohini ...... Russell Symington ...... Fortuna Island Spirit 40 ...... Minneapolis, MN Skie ...... Peter Sheppard ...... Nordhavn 55 ...... Melbourne, AUS Moondance ...... Douglas & Carla Scott ...... Tayana Vancouver 42 ...... Albuquerque, NM Slow Dance ...... Sandr Nathan Trust ...... Alloy Yachts 100 ...... Marina del Rey, CA Mystic ...... Randy Ramirez ...... Pacifi c Seacraft Mariah 31 ...Stockton, CA Soggy Paws ...... David & Cheryl McCampbell ...... CSY 44 ...... Marathon, FL Nahanni ...... Chris & Belina Gladish ...... Tashiba 40 ...... Vancouver, BC Songline ...... Fred Hiltner & Cinda Stanek ...... Waterline 36 ...... Juneau, AK Namaste ...... Christopher & Jessica Catt ...... Tayana 42 ...... Charlesvoix, MI Sorceress ...... Sieg & Barbara Mayers ...... Cal 39 ...... San Francisco, CA Narama ...... S Anstee & H Krajewsky ...... Brolga 33 ...... Sydney, AUS Southern Cross ...... Mark Reed & Vicki Bugbee-Reed ....Ericson 38-200 ...... Portland, OR Navigator ...... Irina Aldrich ...... Jeanneau 47 ...... St. Croix, USVI Spirare ...... Serge Robitaille ...... Southern Cross 35 ...... Toronto, ON New Morning ...... Russ Irwin ...... Chuck Paine custom 54 ...... Sausalito, CA Squander ...... Gavin Gorazdowski ...... Jeanneau 45.2 ...... Southampton, GBR Noho 'ana ...... Heather McKnight ...... Jeanneau 37 ...... Marina del Rey, CA Storm Haven ...... Donald & Paulette Grover ...... Nordhavn 46 trawler ...... Wellton, AZ Ocean Air ...... Hilton de la Hunt ...... Beneteau 473 ...... GBR Sudden Stops Necessary....Chet Chauhan ...... Beneteau First 38s5 ...... San Francisco, CA One World ...... Seafari Sailing Adventures ...... Colvin 64 steel brigantine .....Trellis Bay, BVI Sunshine Daydream...... Lee Cooper ...... Catalina 400 ...... Gove Harbour, AUS Pacifi c Bliss ...... Colin & Elizabeth Price ...... Catana 431 ...... Southampton, GBR Symbiosis ...... Andre Schwartz & Irma IUrrutia ...... Beneteau Oceanis 390 ...... Vancouver, BC Passion ...... Donald Klein ...... DuFour 39 ...... Honolulu, HI Tao ...... Chris Jaquette & Shawn White ...... Nor'West 33 ...... San Francisco, CA Pelagic ...... Graeme Arnall & Iris Schepelmann .46' catamaran ...... Gladstone, AUS Teka Nova ...... T Baverstock & C Jarvis ...... Blomquist Custom 62 ...... Cardiff, GBR Periclees ...... Angus & Rolande Ramsey ...... Morishus 42 ...... Vancouver, BC This Side Up ...... Michael & Midene Reynolds ...... Kanter Atlantic 45 ...... Seabrook, TX Phambili ...... Tommy Lorenzo & Fiona Coleman ..Given 45 ...... Victoria, BC Thor ...... Marc & Lorrie Cascio ...... Pacifi c Seacraft 40 ...... Blaine, WA Piko ...... Lauren Buchholz & Lauren Smith ...Pretorien 35 ...... Seattle, WA Tiger ...... Patrick Bloomer ...... Farrier 44 cat ...... San Diego, CA Pua'ena ...... Mark & Dorothy Hazlett ...... Outbound 44 ...... Honolulu, HI Tomboy ...... Tom & Janis Bell ...... Alajuela 33 ...... Long Beach, CA Puddytat ...... David Cherry ...... Catana 40 ...... Poole, GBR Tuatara ...... Kevin Sterling ...... Ingrid 38 ...... Orcas Island, WA Quicksilver ...... Mike & Hilde Gill ...... Nautique Santonge 44 ...... Hamble River, GBR Two Amigos ...... Bruce Stevens & Clark Nicholson ...Gulfstar 50 ...... Dana Point, CA Reality ...... Vaughn & Sharon Hampton ...... 50' FD 12 ...... San Francisco, CA Wadda ...... Maurice Wick ...... Allied Mistress 39 ...... Valley City, ND Refl ections ...... Gene & Sheri Seybold ...... Valiant Esprit 37 ...... San Francisco, CA Wanderlust V ...... Andy Cain ...... Reliance 44 ...... Sydney, AUS Remedy ...... Ian & Wendy Telford ...... Tatoosh 42 ...... Auckland, NZL Windwalker ...... Michael Sillman ...... Downeaster 38 schooner .....Newport Beach, CA Rio ...... George Greenberg, Jr...... Tartan 4300 ...... Steamboat, CO Windy City ...... Mike & Kasamon Mechanic ...... Valiant 40 ...... Tacoma, WA Rutea ...... Neal Schneider & Ruthie Sandven ..Contest 48 ...... San Diego, CA WorldWind ...... Thomas Colligan ...... Hiscock 40 ...... St. Pete Beach, FL Sabina ...... Paul & Julie Cossman ...... Hunter Passage 42 ...... Anchorage, AK Yo Lo ...... Jason & Karen Trautz ...... PDQ Antares 42 cat ...... Higgins Lake, MI Sarah Jean II ...... Norm & Beth Cooper ...... Saga 43 ...... Vancouver, BC Zephyr ...... William & Diana Hudson ...... Shin Fa 45.8 ...... Denver, CO Savannah ...... Andrew & Monica McKasle ...... Owen Easton 40 ...... Hilo, HI Saviah ...... Diana & Andrew Steiner ...... Hans Christian 34 ...... Seattle, WA For additional Puddle Jump info see: www.pacifi cpuddlejump.com

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travel the world one way or another: "I now fully embraced Andy's long-held always had that gypsy wanderlust in my dream: "Doing this trip was on his check blood, but I never imagined I would be list when we got married — in fact, we seeing the world on a sailboat." discussed it long before I saw the engage- Sailing holds a lot of magic for her ment ring." man too. Ever since Lauren crewed on a Plans are open, as they've worked casual beer can race, shortly after mov- out a system for homeschooling 5-year- ing to Seattle in 2001, he was hooked. old Jake wherever the trade winds take And his offshore fantasies built from them. there. "We plan to keep on going as long Andy, Monica and their son Jake will spend lots as we can," he says. of time exploring tropical reefs.

ALL PHOTOS ZAC TURPIN Savannah — Owen Easton 40 If you pass 'Piko' at sea, just yell "Lauren!" and The McKasle family, Hilo, HI you'll get someone's attention. "God looks after fools and children. They're excited about visiting many We have at least one of each on board," tropical isles on the way to New Zealand, says Andy. For a native of Oklahoma, and they're convinced their 1977 cruiser he's already spent a great deal of time on is too. "She's been waiting all her life to and under the water — he spent years sail in the wonderful trades." as a U.S. Navy diver/photographer. Now retired, he has vocational skills that will Piko — Pretorien 35 aid his passion for the underwater world. Lauren Buchholz & Lauren Smith He and his family plan to explore the Seattle, WA myriad reefs of the South Sea islands "I had never sailed until I met Lauren together. three years ago," says his boatmate of the Monica, who hails from Atlanta, has same name. But she always knew she'd only been sailing for two years but she's

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which will lead them to enter French nonetheless: "Well, Neal was Polynesia via the southerly Gambier going and my daughter Corie archipelago. was going, and I didn't want to be left at home." Actually, she Java — Crowther 48 cat knows exactly what she's gotten Evan Dill & Donna Boyer herself into, as she and Neal did Cayucos, CA a circuit out to Hawaii, then up Unfortunately we haven't gotten to to Alaska 15 years ago with three Once they get to Australia, Evan and Donna kids aboard. Corie, now 22, was plan to downsize. only 7 back then.

Moondance — Tayana Vancouver 42 Corie, Neal and Ruthie will soon be adding new Douglas & Carla Scott, Albuquerque, NM images to their family album. How do folks living in Albequerque, Rutea — Contest 48 New Mexico, get the cruising bug? For The Schneider-Sandven family Doug and Carla, it all started years ago San Diego, CA during a bareboat charter in the Carib- "The dream of blue water cruising has bean. "We were sitting in some little been in me for as long as I can remem- bar," recalls Doug, "when we met some ber," explains Neal (who has become one cruisers living on their boat. We said to of this year's de facto group leaders). "It's ourselves, 'This could be us!'" like an invisible hand was grabbing the After 15 years of planning and prepa- front of my shirt and a voice was saying, ration, they're now ﬁ nally ready to shove 'Come on, you gotta go!" off, and they anticipate spending a de- His wife Ruthie jokes that her moti- cade just exploring the South Paciﬁ c. vations aren't as strong, but she's game First stop en route will be the Galapagos,

World Cruiser Tom Corogin Dinner & Discussion at the Golden Gate Yacht Club

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know Donna yet, but we know from interviewing Evan a couple of years ago Having grown up around her dad's (see our November '07 edition) that he's boatyard on Long Island, NY, Christine quite an interesting character. has always been around the water. But He got into cruising later in life but it wasn't until she crewed on the school has defi nitely been making up for lost ship Concordia that she really got the time in recent years. This season he and cruising bug. Jared was fi rst introduced Donna are headed for Australia to ex- to watersports through scuba diving, change this Aussie-built cat for a smaller but they now share an equal passion version. "Java's looking forward to a fast, for sailing — and cruising to far-fl ung downwind sail back to her homeland of destinations. Oz," he explains After that, they plan to spend a few Evergreen — Liberty 458 years in the Western Pacifi c in search of The Morrison family, Seattle, WA an island paradise to call home. Dennis and Carol tell us they've been planning to go cruising ever since they Architeuthis — Mariner 31 met 20 years ago. "Now, three boats, one Jared & Christine Kibele, Moss child and one home move later, here we Landing, CA are," says Carol. It's not every day that you meet a guy ALL PHOTOS ZAC TURPIN Their sailing careers began on New with a tattoo of a giant squid creeping No, Jared wasn't drunk when he got that squid Mexico lakes, starting with sailboarding, down his shoulder. But then you don't tattoo. He and Christine are 'squidologists'. then on to Hobie cats and a Catalina often meet anyone who's as fascinated aboard Architeuthis — you guessed it, 22. After Dennis was transferred to by these seemingly mythical creatures that's the Latin genus name for giant California, big boat experience kicked as Jared and Christine are. squid — they hope to become involved in and the cruising dream took on new They're both marine biologists who with some bona fi de research projects, momentum. can testify that such sea monsters and they may apply to grad school in When they fi rst began their cruise, certainly do exist. During their travels New Zealand. their 13-year-old son Josh wasn't too

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thrilled. "He thought we were the only reer ﬁ rst started, Andre began by telling parents in the world that tortured their us that when he was a young child his child by putting him on a boat." But to- parents told him they thought he'd come day, he's as excited about the cruising from another planet. Otherwise, how, at life as his parents are. age 2, could he have drawn a realistic picture of a square-rigger while living in Symbiosis — Beneteau Oceanis 390 land-locked Hungary during WWII? Andre Schwartz & Irma Urrutia In any case, we believe him when he Vancouver, BC says he has saltwater in his veins. After When we asked when his sailing ca- the war he joined the West German Navy, Andre is a fascinating fellow, whose philosophy probably in pursuit of a fascination he's has been tempered by time. always had with oceans and islands. We haven't met Irma yet, but if she's half as interesting as Andre, they're a re- "To solo, or not to solo?" That's the big question markable couple. He is a self-proclaimed for Kevin of 'Tuatara'. philosopher who's big on individual re- Polynesia. He's done some solo sailing sponsibility and has many thoughts on before and is tempted to try it here, es- how we can work together to make the pecially after having had a succession of world a better place. For further insights, ﬁ ve different crew aboard since leaving check out his book Oceanborne Mad- Orcas Island, WA, last year. ness?, which is available at Amazon. At 31, he's one of the youngest skippers this year and hopefully his youthful, Tuatara — Ingrid 38 idealistic attitude will serve him well: "My Kevin Sterling, Orcas Island, WA boat is a time machine," he says, which When we met Kevin in Puerto Vallarta will hopefully lead him to some "wild last month he was weighing the option places. I am living my life as though it of singlehanding 3,000 miles to French were a dream."

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Hadar — Morgan 41 with a proud history of boat- Dino Poulson, Palm City, FL building. He and Jo built this Not everyone is crossing wooden 45-footer themselves the Pacifi c just to smell fl ow- 15 years ago, and she has er-scented air and swim in served them well throughout pristine waters. According to their travels. Dino, he and his 10-year-old They always seemed to daughter Sasha will be mak- gravitate to the quieter, less ing fi lms all along their route traveled places like the far- around the world. fl ung isles of Micronesia and If that sounds ambitious the Marshalls. Their most for a single parent, you should recent circuit has taken them know that Dino, Sasha and her north to Alaska and back mom previously circumnavi- down to Mexico. We hope life gated aboard an Ericson 32. As ashore suits them as well as Dino explains, Sasha has lived life on the sea has. aboard for more than 8 years and knows no other life. He has more than 40,000 miles under We'll take a break here his belt, and has visited 27 countries After hand-crafting their boat, Jo and Rob to let our keyboard cool off, but we'll be under sail. You can fi nd some of his short spent 15 years exploring far-fl ung landfalls. back next month to introduce you to the fi lms via www.themodernaquaticvoyager. ments, but if they ever get in a mood international crews we met recently at com. to do so they'll certainly have plenty to our Panama send-off at the Balboa YC. boast about. This particular trip will In the meantime, you can fi nd more A Blue Moon — Woollacott 45 serve as their return run 'back home' info on current and past Pacifi c Puddle Rob & Jo Woollacott, Devonport, NZL to New Zealand, where they started 16 Jump fl eets at www.pacifi cpuddlejump. We wouldn't ever expect Rob and Jo years ago. Jo is originally from Canada, com. to crow about their sailing accomplish- but Rob is from a salty seafaring family — latitude/andy

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March, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 105 THE COMPLETE DUMMY'S GUIDE

For many Bay sailors, racing is their sport. On any given weekend — or weekday evening, for that matter — more don't need high-tech sails, matching boats will be on the water screaming crew shirts, or a new boat to join in the around the buoys than out for a leisurely fun — just sail what you own and have daysail . . . by a long shot. But there a good time. You'll have to pay $55 to are many more sailors who don't take the Yacht Racing Association for your advantage of all the Bay's racing scene PHRF certifi cate (annual renewals are has to offer. just $40; see www.yra.org for details), Racing can be intimidating to new- and of course each race's entry fee, but comers, no matter how much sailing they're generally very affordable — some experience they have are even free. And if you just want to crew under their PFDs. It's on OPBs (Other People's Boats), the most all too easy to buy it'll cost is a six-pack and a smile! into the many myths • It's too competi- that surround the tive. Make no mis- sport, so let's knock take, weekend races out the most common see their fair share of of the bunch: healthy — and some- Spread, a blistering evening sail can work out even the most stubborn offi ce frustration. Above, • I don't have a times unhealthy — a happy crew is a returning crew. race boat. There's an competition, so if that old axiom: Whenever level of intensity puts there are two boats you off, skip them. In- Racing can be a on the water, it's a stead, join one of the great family activity. race. It doesn't mat- dozens of Beer Can ter what kind of boat you sail, there's series run through always — always — someone to sail Bay Area yacht clubs. against. That's what PHRF (Performance These laid-back week- Handicap Racing Fleet) ratings are for. day evening jaunts Fast boats get small numbers and slow around the marks boats get big numbers, which, in theory, build skills and are a gives everyone an equal shot at the top great excuse to take spot. Your boat's design features and friends sailing. But if gear are plugged into a mind-scrambling you do sign up, take equation and out pops your magic num- heed of our Ten Com- ber. When you sign up for a race, the race mandments of Beer committee assigns you to the appropriate Can Racing below. division, and you now have competition. They were delivered to You then do your best to sail faster than us by a burning bush boats with a lower rating than yours. back in '89 and, just But watch out behind you — boats with like those other com- higher ratings are doing the same thing. mandments, still hold Suddenly every boat is a race boat. true today. • It's too expensive. Poppycock! You • It takes up too LATITUDE 38'S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF BEER CAN RACING 1) Thou shalt not take anything other than safety too seriously. If you can only remember one commandment, this is the one. Relax, have fun, and keep it light. Late to the start? So what. Over early? Big deal. No instructions? Improvise. Too windy? Quit. Not enough wind? Break out the beer. The point is to have fun, but stay safe. 2) Thou shalt honor the racing rules if thou knowest them. The US Sailing 2009-2012 Racing Rules, unless specifi cally stated elsewhere in the Sailing Instructions, is the current rules bible. Few sailors we know have actually studied it cover to cover: it's about as interesting as reading tax code. For beer can racing, just remember some of the biggies (port tack boats shall avoid starboard ones; windward boats shall avoid leeward ones; and outside boats shall give room at the mark). Stay out of the way of bigger boats, pay your insurance premiums and keep a low profi le unless you're sure you know what you're doing. As in most things, it boils down to common sense. 3) Thou shalt not run out of beer. Beer (a.k.a., 'brewskis', 'chill pills', 'thought cylinders') is the beverage that lends its name to 'beer can' racing; obviously, you don't want to run out of the frothy nectar. Of course, you can drink whatever you want out there, but there's a reason these things aren't called milk bottle races, Pepsi can races, hot chocolate races or something else. Just why beer is so closely associated with this kind of racing escapes us at the moment, but it's a tradition we're happy to go along with. 4) Thou shalt not covet thy competitor's boat, sails, equipment, crew or PHRF rating. No excuses or whining; if you're lucky enough to have a sailboat, just go use it! You don't need the latest in zircon-encrusted widgetry or unobtanium sailcloth to have a great time out on the water with your friends. Even if your boat's a heaving pig, make modest goals and work toward improving on them from week to week. Or don't — it's only beer can racing. 5) Thou shalt not amp out. No screaming, swearing, or overly aggressive tactics. Save that stuff for the offi ce or, if you must, for Satur-

Page 106 • Latitude 38 • March, 2011 TO GETTING INTO RACING

of boats on a tack. 5. Avoid collisions. If you have the right much time. This, of course, depends this month's Sightings for details on the of way and hit the other boat, causing se- entirely on your schedule, but there are crew list and party). rious damage, you both will be penalized. so many opportunities to get your boat • I need to own my own boat. Did 6. Don’t obstruct. Don’t make it hard on the water that anyone should be able you skip past 'It's Too Expensive' and for the ‘keep clear’ boat to do so. to get out at least once or twice a month. 'I Can't Find Crew'? There are always 7. Sail the course prescribed. You have In fact, you could sail a beer can every skippers in search of night of the week, if you worked it just good crew. And you right, then sail again on the weekend for don't need mad sail- good measure. Pretty soon you may fi nd ing skills to qualify as your priorities have changed so that you 'good crew', you just don't have time for anything but racing. need to show up when • I can't find crew. Big deal. The you're supposed to Singlehanded Sail- and do what the skip- ing Society has a per tells you to do. busy racing sched- Many experienced ule that will allow skippers actually pre- you to test your solo fer relatively inexperi- or doublehanding enced crew because skills. A handful of they can train them yacht clubs even to suit their sailing offer singlehanded style. Again, refer to races. But if solo Sightings for details ARCHIVES ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE sailing is just too on our online crew list lonely for you, there and March 9's Crew List Party. It also Summer racing on San Francisco Bay is a magi- are plenty of op- never hurts to walk the docks as the fleet cal experience that shouldn't be missed. tions. Recruit your is getting ready to head out to the start to round the marks in the directions family and friends. — that's where the six-pack and smile specifi ed in the sailing instructions and They may not be come in handy. can’t touch a mark. 'rock stars' but you • I'll never figure out all the rules. As 8. Proper Course (same tack, within will be spending noted in the Second Commandment, very two hull lengths). If the leeward boat quality time with few racers really study the US Sailing came from astern, leeward boat shall not the ones you love. Racing Rules, so you're in good company. sail above its own proper course during If they're not in- Here's a quick-n-dirty rundown of the 10 the overlap. (Remember that windward terested in coming rules that cover most racing situations: boat still has to keep clear, even if wind- along for the ride, 1. If boats are on the same tack, and ward is forced above what it believes is join Latitude's on- overlapped, the windward boat must windward’s proper course.) line Crew List (it's keep clear of the boat to leeward. 9. Give room at marks and obstructions free!) and be sure to 2. Port tack keep clear of starboard tack. to yachts overlapped on the inside, except: come to our Spring 3. If boats are on the same tack, a — When the overlap did not exist Crew List Party at boat clear astern must keep clear of a before the lead boat reaches the three- the Golden Gate boat clear ahead. boatlength zone. YC on March 9 (see 4. When tacking or jibing, keep clear — To ‘bargers’ at the start except to day's 'real' race. If you lose it in a Friday nighter, you're going to run out of crew — not to mention friends — in a big hurry. Downing a quick chill pill on the way to the starting line has been medically proven to have a calming infl uence on the nerves. 6) Thou shalt not protest thy neighbor. This is extremely tacky at this level of competition and should be avoided at all costs. Perhaps it's justifi able if one's boat is damaged and blame needs to be established, but on the whole, tossing a red fl ag is the height of bad taste in something as relatively inconsequential as a beer canner. Besides proving that you're unclear on the concept of beer can racing, it screws up everybody's evening, including yours. Don't do it — it's bad juju. 7) Thou shalt not mess up thy boat. Everybody knows some hardcore weekend warrior who ripped his sails up in a Friday night race and had to sit out the championship race on Saturday. The point is that it's not worth risking your boat and gear in such casual competition. Avoid other boats at all costs, not to mention buoys and other hard objects. If you have the luxury of two sets of sails, use the old ones. 8) Thou shalt always go to the yacht club afterwards. Part of the gestalt of beer can races is bellying up to the yacht club bar after the race. Etiquette demands that you congratulate the winners, as well as buy a round of drinks for your crew. Besides, the bar is a logical place to see old friends and make new ones. However, when meeting new sailors, avoid the gung-ho, overly serious types who rehash the evening in such gory detail that the post mortem (yawn) takes longer than the race. As much as we enjoy a quick romp around the cans, there's more to life. 9) Thou shalt bring thy spouse, kids, friends and whoever else wants to go. Twilight races are great forums for introducing new folks to sailing, such as your neighbors, out-of-town visitors, co-workers or maybe even the family dog. Always bring your signifi cant other along, too — coed crews are happy crews. And don't make the newcomers simply watch — give them a job on the boat. Get everyone involved. 10) Thou shalt not worry; thou shalt be happy. Turn your iPhone's ringer off and its MP3 player on. Chill, it's not the America's Cup. Have fun, and we'll see you out there!

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avoid collision (then protest). ferings, including May's Master 10. Acknowledge your fouls and Mariners Race and October's Jes- protest those who don’t. sica Cup. Or check out the San Francisco YC's Great Schooner Race in August. Now that we've eliminated all Then again, maybe you just the excuses for not getting into the want to get your feet wet with sport, let's take a look at the wide a few races with a low-stress/ variety of racing options on the high-fun quotient. Look no far- Bay. After all, not everyone likes ther than the YRA's Party Circuit sailing alone, or with crew, or on (www.yra.org/PC). The extremely the Bay, or on the ocean, or . . . . popular series of three weekend If you haven't ﬁ gured it out, beer events kicks off in May with cans are a blast. Nearly two dozen the Great Vallejo Race, which Bay Area clubs offer some form also serves as the YRA's Season of beer can series. Berkeley YC's Friday The parties are the carrot at the end of the rac- Opener, followed by the Second Half Night Series kicks off the Bay races on ing stick. They're a great chance to meet new Opener in July and the Season Closer in April 1, with more than half the clubs people and hoist a cold one with old friends. September. Each also boasts a kick-ass starting their own series over the rest Yacht Racing Association (www.yra.org/ party on Saturday night. of the month. For a complete schedule, OYRA) have a number of offerings out- There are, of course, as many differ- including contact info, check the 2011 side the Gate, as do a handful of clubs ent types of races and clubs as there are Northern California Sailing Calendar & — check the Sailing Calendar for dates. types of sailors, and we couldn't possibly YRA Master Calender (available at most Maybe you're a wooden boat guy or ﬁ t them all in here. Just start thumbing yacht clubs), or go to www.latitude38. gal. Then get ye to the Master Mariners your way through the Sailing Calendar com/YRASchedule/BeerCans.html. Benevolent Association (www.Master- and you'll quickly discover what appeals If you're more interested in ocean Mariners.org) for a schedule of their of- to you. Then get ready to have the time racing, the Singlehanded Sailing Society of your life. (www.sfbaysss.org) and the Offshore — latitude/ladonna

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Singlehanding 'Seaya' on a sunny day was sublime. ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ROB / LATITUDE PHOTOS ALL

A beautiful day aboard 'Neverland' will keep you young.

'Nanaimo's skipper was thrilled to be in California this day.

E ven though spring doesn't offi cially 'spring' until March 20, it seemed as though summer had cut the line and arrived early last month. While Bay sailors reveled in the warm, dry, sunny conditions that ushered in February, many wondered — in hushed tones, of course, so the cruel, cruel weather gods wouldn't hear — if our seemingly interminable winter was fi nally over. But the Six Million Dollar Man had nothing on the gods. They heard the hopeful whispers and delivered a smackdown in the form of incessant rain and even — get this! — snow. As the rest of the country fi nished digging their way out of their blizzard-bound homes, Marin's Mt. Tamalpais received a dusting of the white stuff, too. Brrr! Soon, though, the weather really will take a long-term turn for the better, so make the most of the opportunity the weather gods have so graciously provided and start planning for your sailing season now.

Neglect is the biggest destroyer of boats. Nagging leaks become fl ooding torrents that cause mildew to fl ourish, cushions to disintegrate, wood to rot and, at worst, boats to sink. Expensive sailing hardware left in the elements can age prematurely, resulting in breakages, usually at the Spread, 'Amandla' scoots across the Bay fully protected by a well-outfi tted guard dog. — THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY

The crew of 'Cecilie' took full advantage of the sunny days. EYE ON THE BAY

worst possible moment. Food it's time to fi gure out when to go. left aboard can not only mold Grab the kids' summer schedule, and cause quite a stink, but fi gure out how much time off you can also attract unwelcome have coming, and start marking rodent or insect stowaways. days. Setting a date to sail is the Too often, sailors invite friends surest way to get your boat — down for the fi rst sail of the and you — out on the water. season and arrive to fi nd an Once that's done, you get embarrassing mess. So take a to decide who will be invited to little time between rainstorms join you on these adventures. and run down to your boat to A word of warning: some crew assess the onboard situation. are better suited to the shorter Clean up what you can and trips. While Aunt Gladys might start formulating a plan of at- thoroughly enjoy a weeklong trip tack for the rest. to Monterey, you might not enjoy Once the boat is shipshape, having her $200 hairdo, razor the fun begins. Pull out your sharp acrylic nails, mountains trusty Bay and Delta chartbook and Racing a seagull is always an exercise in futility, of luggage and yappy Bichon Frisé along start a list of all the spots you'd like to but the crew of 'Selene' doesn't seem to mind. for the ride. Match your crew to your trip go this year. Never dared shoaly Clipper If you don't get it the fi rst time, know carefully! Cove before? Plan to arrive and leave that everyone there has had the same just before high tide, hug the pier as you problem at least once. Want to plan an enter, and pick an anchoring spot close escape from the summer chill? High-tail After all of the above is taken care to shore. Intimidated at the thought of it up to the Delta for a week of ultimate of, all that's left is to wait for the weather grabbing moorings at Ayala Cove while relaxation. gods to show a little mercy on us mere everyone else watches? Prep some long Now that you've decided where to go, mortals. And once they do, for the gods' mooring lines before you get there, have sake, keep your mouth shut about it! a boat hook ready, and just be patient. — latitude 38/ladonna

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In every do-it-yourselfer boatyard you can fi nd industrious sailors who've taken on wildly ambitious refi t projects. water miles under his belt. During his and dug out the mud, he enlisted the But even among such diehards, you'd 22-year Navy career (half active, half in help of the local Sea Tow operators to be hard-pressed to find a craftsman the Reserves) he rounded the globe eight haul her a block away to Chuck Driscoll's times with the Sixth Fleet's amphibious boatyard, where he did more prelimi- assault outfi t. But his love of the water nary repairs. That was February of '09. began long before that. Born in Oregon, Sometime later, the move to brother Joe he comes from tough stock with strong Driscoll's yard in Mission Bay made all ties to the sea. His grandpa was a salmon involved — including Thaddeous — a bit fi shing captain who drowned in a tragedy nervous. On a calm day, he rigged up a on the Columbia River, and his dad was bridle and towed the battered hull out a Green Beret in Vietnam. into open ocean for the 15-mile run up Thaddeous still fondly remembers the coast. If the old girl had foundered in learning to sail at a Boy Scout summer those 1,000-ft coastal waters, that really camp up on Spirit Lake, in the shadow would have been the end of her. of Mt. St. Helens. He later did a lot of But they made it safely and hauled fi shing up in Alaska. And somewhere her out. Then the real work began. It along the line he developed a soft spot gives us a backache just to type the chro- for traditional wooden sailing craft.

The Red Sails Inn on Shelter Island is a popular sailors' haunt, and while there, Thaddeous had often wondered if Thaddeous is smiling here, but with a project anyone was ever going to resurrect that this demanding we'd bet that there were some dark days, too. sad, half-sunken hull that he knew de- served better. She was, after all, a vintage even willing to consider tackling the Colin Archer design built in Norway long refi t of Cloudia. After all, this 103-ton, ago as a lifesaving vessel capable of going 85-ft, wooden double-ender seemed to sea in all weathers. long beyond repair, as she had sat half- One day he was standing near the submerged out in front of San Diego's hull admiring her lines when the dock Red Sails Inn for nearly a decade, slowly manager asked, "You want her?" "Well, rotting into the mud. sure," said Thaddeous instinctively. Cloudia's rescuer, however, is not your "Then she's yours!" typical backyard hobbyist. One look at Actually taking possession of her Cap'n Thaddeous Blanchard will tell you was a bit more complicated than that. he's a genuinely salty character who's But after tracking down the legal owner, probably got more than a few seafaring this salty savior got a signed bill of sale yarns to tell — and a great many blue- in exchange for $100 cash. While that This scale model of one of Colin Archer's sturdy may sound like a terrifi c bargain, bear offshore rescue boats is an accurate depiction in mind that the value of the hulk at of what 'Cloudia' will look like when fi nished. the time was far less than zero, as it would take boatloads of money and thousands of man-hours to make her ready for sea again. So what made Thaddeous take the plunge? "I'd been a saturation (mixed gas) diver, but I got sick and couldn't dive anymore, so I needed a project to keep me busy." Taking on Clou- dia accomplished that, and then some. At the time of the sale, Cloudia had two huge holes in her sides, each nearly 8 feet long, and her bilges were full of mud. So just refl oating her would be a substantial challenge for most would-be salvors. But Thaddeous had done plenty of salvage work previously and had refl oated larger hulls than this one. Once he got her patched up enough to hold out water, then refl oated her THE RESURRECTION OF CLOUDIA

encroaching ice rather than be crushed by it. Four of Cloudia's sisterships have nology of steps taken during the past two for Sea Rescue, and as such is mas- been accounted for: two in Norway, one years to make her whole again. Working sively built, not only to withstand the in England, and one in British Colum- week after week, a six-person crew has bia. so far put in more than 25,000 man- As with most deteriorated wooden hours. Although ﬁ nanced by friends and "You want her?" hulls, the worst damage to Cloudia was investors, the ongoing resurrection has from fresh water, not salt. Her rotted truly been a labor of love. "Well, sure." decks and all of her exterior planking "Then she's yours!" were removed to expose her muscular framing, which had been sawn from sea- From the research Thaddeous has soned white oak branches. "The smallest done, he believes Cloudia was built as punishing conditions of the North and is 6" by 6"," explains Thaddeous, "and a tops'l ketch in 1867 to a Colin Archer Baltic Seas, but also to endure battle the largest is 6" by 27"." design. She is one of six sisterships with polar ice. Her rounded bilges and Once that was done the drying-out commissioned for the Norwegian Society minimal keel allow her to ride up onto process began. Thaddeous and his crew Clockwise from upper left: Repairing damaged ribs; the original planking couldn't be salvaged; built a temporary boathouse out of wood cutting oak in the wild for major components; removing damaged planks one by one; safely hauled framing and plastic, then began soaking out after the offshore tow; a view of the original beefy ribs, which were sawn from tree limbs. each timber in an ethylene glycol solu-

March, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 115 TO THE RESCUE! CLAUDIA ELENOA ARCHIVES ALL PHOTOS More than 25,000 man-hours have gone into the refi t so far. Clockwise from upper left: the look of old decks, but they won't have to worry vertical cold molding; fairing the hull; refurbishing decks; stripping old paint; rebuilding the house; about bugs anymore. The new decks smoothing the fi nal layer of planking. are built of 3/4" grade A ipe — a tropi- tion to draw out moisture and kill bugs thereby eligible to charter in U.S. wa- cal hardwood so dense that bugs can't and molds — a method used by many ters.) get a bite out of it. Oh, and that lies on museums. As a result, "A fog of humidity In order to make Cloudia truly bul- top of two layers of 3/4" marine ply plus fi lled the boathouse for over a year," he letproof and unassailable by even the a layer of fi berglass — all screwed and recalls. most finicky surveyor, Thaddeous glued together. Remarkably, after 144 years the hull decided to cold-mold her hull with lay- still had its basic structural integrity. ers of wood and epoxy. In case you're The top sections of 17 ribs had to be The only structural element that's replaced, and a new bow stem had to not true to Cloudia's original design is be fashioned out of a 36,000-lb chunk A new bow stem had to the addition of a pilothouse — a com- of oak, but most of Cloudia's beefi est be fashioned out of a mon upgrade on other Colin Archers. timbers, such as her keelson, were in Thaddeous has been out in enough nasty relatively good shape. 36,000-lb chunk of oak. weather to know that's one addition he Thaddeous was tempted to fi nish her doesn't want to live without — especially just as she'd originally been built. But at since he hopes to charter in Alaska. the end of this long ordeal — which will wondering what meets our defi nition of Although such vessels were originally still take another year to complete — he "truly bulletproof" we'll run it down for manned by the hardiest of seamen, when and his investors expect to put her back you: First, three layers of epoxy-coated finished, Cloudia's interior will have into service for chartering and fi lm work. 9/16" vertical-grain Douglas fi r, the fi rst amenities and creature comforts that So her refi t has been done to Lloyds laid horizontally, and the second and those rugged Norwegians never would "101 specs," including the addition of third laid diagonally. On top of that lies have dreamed of. She'll have four private water-tight bulkheads. When fi nished an inch-thick layer of vertical-grain Alas- double cabins, and will sleep as many she should be licensed by the U.S. Coast kan yellow cedar which will be fi nished as 16 for offshore voyages. Forced-air Guard to carry up to 49 passengers. (Al- 'bright', not painted. As we said, a labor heating will keep her guests warm in the though she was originally foreign-built, of love. chilly north country, and air conditioning the extent of the refi t should allow her During the demolition phase the will keep them cool in the tropics. She'll to become a U.S.-documented hull and crew found three termite nests in the also be equipped with a 1,000-gallon-

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who'll get a unique sort of acknowledge- per-day watermaker and a complete ment, though. When the last stroke of "gourmet galley." varnish has been applied, the hull has Unfortunately, most of that work has been refl oated, and all systems are go, yet to be done — in addition to installing crewman Grant Reynolds and his fi an- most of the electrical system, top notch cee Michelle will perform their nuptials navigation gear, a 20-kW generator and aboard, out on San Diego Bay. (And we'd a brand new 150-hp Isuzu diesel rated like to see the photos.) to push her along at 9 knots. Colin Archer wasn't the fi rst naval One aspect of the refi t where Thadd- architect to sketch a double-ender. But eous caught a break was with Cloudia's there's no denying that his century-old wooden spars, all of which are still usable designs inspired modern adaptations except her bowsprit. Due to the extreme such as Westsails, Hans Christians and weather these boats often encountered, Babas which are still preferred today they were designed with retractable bow- by many blue-water sailors. That fact sprits that could be stored inboard. Although the hardest work is behind him, the is a testament to the enduring value of Unfortunately, the ketch's running salty savior still has a year of installations and Archer's engineering artistry. rigging was not salvageable. Thaddeous fi nish work ahead of him. Apparently it takes a lot more than says he and his crew had to hand-make While the list of essential helpers is far years of neglect to kill an Archer classic. 400 blocks and deadeyes. As you might too long to mention, Thaddeous says the And as far as we can tell, Cloudia will imagine, Cloudia carries no winches, project would have been impossible with- soon be good to go for at least another except her manual anchor windlass. out the design and engineering services century. of Douglas Sharp and Paul Kotzebue of — latitude/andy San Diego Yacht Design, the problem- More than 60 people have lent their solving abilities of Erik Fassbaugh, or the Readers — To contact Thaddeous brains and brawn to the project thus far. hardwood sourcing skills of Lee Hope of about the project or future charters, email: Their talents run the full spectrum from Advantage Lumber. [email protected], or visit: http:// brute strength to precise engineering. There's one member of the work crew thecloudia.com.

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I’ll never get tired of the view of the Bay from the express commuter bus. The windows are high enough for me several times until the number 9:21 surprised that Lee Helm, of all people, to see over the bridge railings, and the had been written on the blank space was relying on such low-tech methods. bus usually takes the far right lane for a just west of the Yerba Buena/Treasure "The boat's too small for me to use sweeping aerial view of the Central Bay. Island causeway, on the detail inset any more tools than a tide book," she And most important, my stop is early of the 'Maximum Ebb at Golden Gate' explained. "On bigger boats I have big- enough in the route so that I always have chart. Then she repeated "3.4 knots" a ger charts and a computer, and on even my choice of window seats. couple of times while she found the table bigger boats, I'm online as much as the I confess that I sometimes enjoy the of correction factors printed right before class rules allow. But, like, for this op- view within the bus too, especially when the tide charts. Looking up 3.4 knots un- eration it's just the dorky ol' tide book. an attractive young woman, rigged for der the ebb column Where was I?" the offi ce, fetches up in the seat next yielded a correction Lee fi lled in the to me. On one recent occasion, my eye factor of 0.8. She . . . my eye hadn't even times and the cor- hadn’t even gone above her sheer line fl ipped back to the rection factor for when the woman recognized me before I maximum ebb page gone above her sheer line one, two and three recognized her. and wrote in "x 0.8" when I recognized her. hours after maxi- “Hi, Max,” Lee Helm greeted me in a under the 9:21. mum, then fl ipped cheerful voice. "This will be be- back to the current “Lee! You're, um, hard to recognize fore our start," she said as she labeled table page, which she had made easy to in your work disguise," I stammered. the previous page "8:21 x 0.8," also fi nd via the dog-eared corner and the "And so far out of your natural habitat. writing those numbers next to Treasure underlined row of numbers. Besides, I thought you were working Island on the detail inset. "But we might "Slack at 1:38," she announced, and full-time on your thesis this semester.” be sailing over to the starting area from wrote that along the bottom of the 'Three "They keep making me offers I can't a different marina, and it's good to Hours After' chart, somewhere in the refuse," she shrugged. "And I totally need calibrate what the Bay is actually doing mud fl ats off San Leandro. new sails for the windsurfi ng quiver. No against what the tide book says it should "Shouldn't you be using the 24-hour worries, the thesis is on track." be doing." clock, like the tide book?" I asked. No- "That's good. Are you racing this "I was wondering if you were going ticing something interesting for the fi rst weekend?" to add any new info," I said, somewhat time, I asked "Where's the Oakland Air- "For sure, and that reminds me — I have to load the tide book." "Load the tide book? What does that mean?" "It's how I prepare the book for racing. I go through one tide book per race day, and it gets marked up pretty good." She pulled a tide book from a local chandlery out of her briefcase and opened it up to the page for March. But the opposite page said April, and I have learned the hard way that this means "check the heading of the table." She was looking at the pages for Carquinez Strait. "Lee, that's the. . . ." "I know, that's why I'm putting a big diagonal line through this page with a heavy marker. I don't want anyone on the boat to look at this page by mistake. Cuz, like, every tactician I know has lost at least one race by mixing up the Carquinez currents with the Golden Gate currents." Next she fl ipped the pages back to the correct page with the table for the Golden Gate entrance for March. She dog-eared the page, then switched to a ballpoint pen and underlined the row of numbers for the coming Saturday. "3.4 ebb at 9:21," she mumbled to WWW.LYONSIMAGING.COM herself, then picked up the marker again and fl ipped to the little tide charts near the back of the book.

"Lee, don't you have to correct for. . . ." / PETER LYONS "Shh! 3.4 ebb at 9:21," she repeated

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Switching to more appropriate technology, Lee swapped the tide book for a port on this chart?" she marked the time on the page of the smart phone and brought up tide height "Most of us Yanks take one extra brain tide book with the chart for maximum graphs for various months of the year. cycle to parse the 24-hour clock, so I stick fl ood. Then she used the table in front "Isn't there an app that can load the to the 12-hour system. It's lubberly, but of the charts to determine the correction tide book for you, Lee? And then display there's less chance of error. I mean, why factor of 0.7, and wrote that in under the it on your phone, customized for the stress the crew? No one complains. On time. Working backward in the book, she actual tide cycle that day?" a Euro boat, I'd use 24-hour, or maybe wrote in 3:35 for one hour before, 2:35 "Maybe, but I'm not going to drown if most of the crew were ex-military." for two hours before, and then, along another phone, no thanks. And the tide the top margin of the 'Two Hours Before' book has the advantage that I can read page, copied "slack at 1:38" from her note it in bright sunlight." The bus picked up its last batch on the last page of charts. of commuters and bore off onto the on- "I'll throw in one and two hours after ramp, loaded down to its marks with max fl ood, just in case," she said. "That "So what do you do on bigger passengers. From the freeway, we had takes us up to 6:35 p.m., past the time boats, when you can carry a note- our first look at book?" the Bay. Still a lot "I like the tide charts in the old Pacifi c of fog, but hazy Boating Almanac, especially for North sun was already Bay or South Bay courses. Any self- breaking through, respecting yacht club library will have promising a nice a bunch of back issues — it's a coastal early-season sea almanac of sorts so they put out a new breeze. It would one every year. Swipe one and cut out be a perfect eve- the charts. The only problem is, it's not ning for a sail after great for Central Bay racing unless you work. like to do some Photoshop reconstruc- Lee, meanwhile, tion, because they totally ran the chart was repeating "2.2 across the gutter, but it's perfect for the fl ood at 4:35" while Vallejo Race if you just use the North Bay pages. Or dig up the offi cial NOAA tidal current chart book, scan i,t and print the coverage and size you like." "It's still the same old chart from 100 years ago," I pointed out. "Surely there's MAX EBB something more user-friendly available by now." Lee loads up her tide book before a race, mark- "Yeah, there's software that interpo- ing corrected times on corresponding pages. lates the tide changes in time and space," limit for the last race. And we're done! Lee admitted, "and maybe brings in a Tide book: Loaded." few new measurements. And if you, like, "Is that all the tidal data you bring add in the real-time wind fl ow vector with you on a race?" fi eld from the PORTS website, and if the "The real game," she explained, "is ob- computer knows your boat's polars, you serving how the tides are different from can run a mini-routing program that will what's predicted by the tide book. I mean, make all the strategy calls. But it's not there are really, like, six kinds of tides granular enough to compete well with in our mixed diurnal/semi-diurnal tide direct observation. I mean, not yet. It's cycle: There's the average spring tides as going to be fun when we have enough shown in the tide book, which actually data to make automated in-the-Bay rout- do happen sometimes. That's the fi rst ing programs really work." two. Then there's the ebb and fl ood on either side of the higher low: Think of the typical mixed di/semi-di tide graph B y this time, we were climbing the as a two-humped camel: These are the incline onto the bridge, in my favorite far ebb and fl ood between the two humps. right lane, treating us to that spectacular That's two more kinds of tides, both of view of the tide lines and back-eddies. them fairly weak. And fi nally there's the "Seems to me that the amount of ebb and fl ood on either side of the lower detail known about San Francisco Bay low, between the camels. These are the tides is about to jump by three orders two strong tides. And because this is a of magnitude," I predicted. "As soon as Unlike most boats, the AC cats will likely sun-moon interaction thing, the lower the America's Cup people attack the favor smooth water over current relief. low happens mostly in the early evening problem." in the winter months, and mostly in the "If we can ever get our hands on the early morning in the summer months." data," said Lee, complaining in advance

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about the expected level of secrecy. "Yes, it's hard to imagine how to pre- entire east shore of the island is at least vent each syndicate from keeping their as well protected as the City piers, and own proprietary tide charts. Even if they Clipper Cove would have become the pretend to share it." favorite anchorage for the paparazzi." "And there are going to be some "The City has other plans for the surprises in how they use the data. I'm island, already in progress," I noted. betting that we see the A-Cup cats beat- "There's going to be a whole new skyline ing up the Cityfront looking for smooth to go with the new bridge tower — and water and going for the fl ood tide, not very likely enough new restaurants to the ebb. Think about it: Two knots of make the cove a great daysailing destina- push in ebb current versus being able tion, assuming they ever get around to to power up in smooth water and go fi ve dredging it again." knots faster. Unless the wind is light and all the relative wind over water is in the ebb zones. Those guys will need a whole We admired the single tower that book of polars to cover all the possibili- would support the new cable-stayed ties of wind and wave conditions, and bridge, and I noticed the wake behind a their tide charts will be used to predict moored barge. "Looks like a strong ebb sea state more than current." down there," I said. "Let me have a peek A tide height graph for a typical summer month, at that tide book again." showing a characteristic two-hump pattern. Lee handed me the book, and I looked Meanwhile, the bus was beginning Lee claims to have identifi ed six different kinds at the page she'd marked for 8:21 a.m., to make heavy weather of it in the morn- of tides, and there may be more. which would be more-or-less applicable ing traffi c. Probably a stall somewhere putting the whole America's Cup Village for one day and one hour earlier. I men- downstream. At least we had the view on Treasure Island," Lee remarked. "The tally applied the correction factor and of the Bay to contemplate. decided that it looked about right. "I'm still disappointed they aren't "Remember," advised Lee, "except for

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high-water slack, the East Bay current the arrows on the inset, which have those water, the current stops. At low water, fl ows south to north, and at low-water little dots in the middle of the arrow, the the current stops. At mid-tide, there's slack the East Bay current runs north current is measured at the decimal point maximum fl ow." to south. of the number that indicates the speed." "Okay, makes sense," I agreed cau- "Funny how much stronger it is from tiously. the South Bay than from the North Bay," "Now look at the North Bay. It's the The view was even more spectacu- I observed from the tide book numbers. mouth of a very long trench, the river and lar from the west span, with blue sky, "That's just because it's early in the Delta system. It's much too long to fi ll up morning sunlight, and offi ce towers ris- ebb," Lee reminded me. "The South Bay ing out of the fog. A container ship had turns fi rst. Remember why?" just crossed under the Delta-Echo Span I knew she had explained this to me "The South Bay and was turning left to leave the Bay, once before, but I wasn't in the mood for probably full of empty boxes going back another one of her oral exams. "I give up," behaves more like a to China. I conceded. standing wave. Sensing a moment of weakness, I "Because the South Bay behaves more asked Lee if she wanted to crew for me like a standing wave. The North Bay is in the Farallones race. better modeled as a progressive wave, or drain with each tide. So at high tide, Lee drove a hard bargain: She wanted and if the models were exact, the South the water is still running in. At low tide, to be full-time navigator and bring her Bay current would, like, lead the North the water is still running out. Maximum own foredeck crew and mainsheet trim- Bay current by a full 90 degrees, or one- North Bay current is at the highs and mer, and she even specifi ed where I had quarter of the 12-hour semi-diurnal tide lows. Compare to South Bay current, to buy the sandwiches and the crew cycle." maximum at mid-tide, and you get the shirts. Of course I pretended to resist "Uh, run that by me again?" phase difference between the North and every demand. But by the time our bus "It's the old bathtub versus river anal- South Bays . . . sort of. The models aren't was made fast inside the Transbay Ter- ogy," she explained. "Think of the South at all exact. But it explains nicely why, at minal, I had all the details set and a full Bay as one end of a bathtub with the crew for the spring ocean series. water sloshing back and forth. At high — max ebb COME VISIT COYOTE POINT MARINA The Peninsula's Complete Recreational Destination!

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This month we stay a little closer to home than usual, with wrap-ups and round-ups of some the Bay's more popular midwinters series. First up is the RegattaPro/Sausalito YC Winter One Design Series. Then it's on to the Golden Gate YC's Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Series. After that we head across the Bay for the Berkeley YC Mids before coming halfway back for the Corinthian Mids. Then we shift gears for some Race Notes. Enjoy!

RegattaPRO/Sausalito YC Winter One Design Series the honors among the always-competitive The Regatta PRO/Sausalito YC Winter J/120s, while Bruce Stone's Arbitrage One Design Series wrapped up on February continued its winning tear in the J/105 12 for the 48 boats in six divisions. fl eet — Stone took the Bay's J/105 sea- "We were very lucky this year, as it never son championship this year, and Newport rained and we had wind — eventually — for Rhode Island's Fleet 14 season title as well. every race," said John Siegel's Moorigami took the Moore 24 RegattaPRO's division, while Tahoe-based Dan Hauser- Jeff Zarwell. man and his Personal Puff made the most "The fleets that of their "winter vacation" in the Melges 24 showed up again division. The Antrim 27 win went to John this year, and the Liebenberg's Always Friday. lack of a single REGATTAPRO/SAUSALITO YC WINTER ONE DE- protest, made it SIGN SERIES FINAL (8r, 2t) great. The Sau- J/120 — 1) Grace Dances, Richard Swanson, salito YC stepped 11 points; 2) Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira, 15; 3) up and support- Dayenu, Don Payan, 19. (7 boats) ed the event this ANTRIM 27 — 1) Always Friday, John Lieben- year, and we had berg, 8 points; 2) Arch Angel, Bryce Griffi th, 11; 3) Bruce Stone a great race com- E.T., Todd Hedin, 17. (5 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Personal Puff, Dan Hauser- mittee as well. It's so much easier when you LATITUDE/ROB ALL PHOTOS THIS PAGE have good people helping out!" man, 7 points; 2) Smokin’, Kevin Clark, 13; 3) , Doug Wilhelm, 17. (10 boats) The closest division points-wise was the Wilco J/105 — 1) Arbitrage, Bruce Stone, 9 points; J/24s, which brought out eight boats. Don 2) Roxanne, Charles James, 17; 3) Blackhawk, Taylor's On Belay beat out Brian Goep- Scooter Simmons, 17. (12 boats) frich's Snowjob by two points to take that MOORE 24 — 1) Moorigami, John Siegel, 6 division. Elsewhere the points differences points; 2) Banditos, John Kernot, 12; 3) Blue Ball, were deceptively big, with every division Simon Winer, 16. (7 boats) back. Scott Easom has already won PHRF winner making it look easier than it was. J/24 — 1) On Belay, Don Taylor, 12 points; 2) 2 on account of his four-straight bullets The one design series once again got a great Snowjob, Brian Goepfrich, 14; 3) Froglips, Rich- with his Farr 30 Eight Ball, but PHRF 3 is turnout from the J/120s (7 boats), J/105s ard Stockdale, 16. (7 boats) up for grabs with Gordie Nash's Modern- Complete results at: www.regattapro.com (15), Melges 24s (10), Moore 24s (7), and ized Santana 27 Arcadia just one point J/24s, plus the Antrim 27s (5) — sailing as ahead of a tie for second between Mike Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup a one design on the Bay for the fi rst time Mannix' Catalina 38 Harp and Steve Won- Series in a few years. ner's Wyliecat 30 Uno. The Golden Gate YC's Manny Fagun- Richard Swanson's Grace Dances took PHRF 4 will be a duel between James des Seaweed Soup Series got a banner day Hennefer's IOD La Paloma and Paul Man- Erwan Le Gall's Melges 24 'Abordage' rolls Conrad on February 5. A big fl eet that included ning's IOD Xarifa with two points between Holbrook's Moore 24 'Topper II'. Le Gall and his crew everything from Wetas to a solid fl eet of them. The Catalina 34s are already de- will be travelling all the way to Corpus Christi, Texas big boats duked it out on the Cityfront in in May for the class's World Championship. cided for David Sanner's Queimada, but what was probably the fi rst real in the Knarr fl eet there's a battle between westerly of the year, with temps Mark Dahm's Benino and J. Eric Gray's in the mid-70s and 10-16 knots Knarr 134. Ditto for the Folkboats, where of breeze and sunshine. As the Chris Herrmann's Thea and Richard penultimate race of the series, Keldsen's Nordic Star are only separated the event set up some battles for by a point. The Larger Multis division is the fi nale on March 5. still up for grabs with any of the four boats In PHRF 1, Richard Courcier's capable of taking the division. The same Farr 36 Wicked holds a two-point goes for the Wetas, where Gordon Lyon lead over Brad Copper's Tripp 43 and Stephan Sonnen have only a point TNT, with Buzz Blackett's Antrim between them. Class 40 California Condor and Mark Howe's Farr 36 War Pony both just two points farther

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warm 6- to 8-knot breeze and they were able to start on time. "Our experiment of trying to create a course for our 10 deeper-draft boats in Division A almost worked," said the club's Bobbi Tosse. "Since it was a course featuring a downwind fi nish and since Divi- sion A was the only division sailing this course, I worried that we could experience a mess with the smaller boats fi nishing in both directions. That turned out not be a problem as all eight Division A boats were done almost 15 minutes before the fi rst Division B boat arrived." But it wasn't a totally trouble-free arrangement. The Division A boats were sent to Southampton Shoal, then back downwind to GOC, and then back up to Southampton Shoal. When the Division A boats showed up at GOC, they were greeted with the Express 27s, which were rounding GOC as their weather mark! From a spectator's point of view aboard the Latitude 38 photoboat, it was absolute hilarity, but if you had a podium fi nish on the line it probably wasn't too amusing. "Even though this course was supposed to be in deeper water, a few boats still managed to fi nd the muddy places — I won’t mention names," Tosse said. "When I mumbled something about charts and depth sounders, I was told they 'needed' to go to the place of no water to dodge the current. . . Oh, well." The series saw some tight battles for the top spots come down to the fi nal race. In the whopper of an 18-boat Express 27 Ed Walker's 'Wianno' and Doug Bailey's 'Akula' WETA — 1) Loose Cannon, Gordon Lyon; 2) division, Ray Lotto's El Raton and Will arrive at the fi nish overlapped during the Regat- Séikaika, Marc Simmel; 3) Weta, Stephan Sonn- Paxton's Motorcycle Irene went into the taPRO/Sausalito YC Winter One Design Series. ens. (5 boats) day tied with six points apiece. The two Complete results at: www.ggyc.org GOLDEN GATE YC MANUEL FAGUNDES SEA- boats stayed close together at the start, WEED SOUP SERIES (2/5, 1r) and after splitting slightly from each PHRF 1 — 1) Wicked, Farr 36, Richard Courcier; Berkeley YC Mids other, the latter got to the top mark fi rst. 2) California Condor, Antrim Class 40, Buzz Black- The Berkeley YC must have lodged But Lotto and company — the class's '10 ett; 3) B-Line, 1D35, Jim Hoey. (7 boats) their weather reservations well in ad- PHRF 2 — 1) Eight Ball, Farr 30, Scott Easom; vance, because the rain stayed away long The J/120s never take it easy. Here, series winner 2) Hawkeye, IMX 38, Frank Morrow; 3) Yucca, 8 enough for a brilliant weekend of midwin- Richard Swanson's 'Grace Dances' tries to stay Meter, Hank Easom. (12 boats) below the line with 'Chance' and 'Desdemona' ter racing February 12-13. Full sunshine, (28486) charging hard with the leeward position. PHRF 3 — 1) Arcadia, Modernized Santana 27, 6 to 10 knots of breeze Gordie Nash; 2) Harp, Catalina 38, Mike Mannix; 3) and mild current dur- Shenanigans, Express 27, Bill Moore. (11 boats) ing the days meant CATALINA 34 — 1) Queimada, David Sanner; 2) Sea Spirit, Herbert Brosowsky/Larry Baskin; 3) that sailors were left Rollover, Lynn Guerra. (9 boats) with little to complain PHRF 4 — 1) La Paloma, IOD, James Hennefer; about for their series' 2) Xarifa, IOD, Paul Manning; 3) Torrid, Aphrodite respective fi nales. 101, Larry Westland. (8 boats) Fifty-five starters KNARR — 1) Benino, Mark Dahm; 2) Knarr 134, showed up on Satur- J. Eric Gray; 3) Narcissus, John Jenkins. (6 boats) day, and all 55 fin- FOLKBOAT — 1) Nordic Star, Richard Keldsen; ished, which sounds 2) Thea, Chris Herrmann; 3) Frihed, William Madi- son. (7 boats) trivial, but for some of LARGER MULTIS — 1) Bluewater, Seawind the smaller boats, this 1000, Mike Ropers. (1 boat) was a red-letter day: they fi nally got to fi n- ish a race! There was a THE RACING ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/ROB

Clockwise from top-left — a day like February 12 puts everyone in good spirits at the Berkeley YC Midwinters's ﬁ nale; Saturday Express 27 winner Ray Lotto; the crew of Phil Krasner's 'Wetsu' enjoys the day; a pack of Expresses soaking downwind; Division A gets off the line with series winner 'Family Hour TNG' (46595) nailing the boat end with clean air; Division B followed and series winner Andrew Macﬁ e's Olson 30 'Hoot' gets launched; the bow/pit team aboard David Douglas' C&C 37 XL 'Maggie' earned their post-race beers on this drop. . . the kite never hit the water; Paul Kamen's Merit 25 'Twilight Zone' gybes away from Patrick Kohlman's Davidson quarter-pounder 'Joyicity'; Ray Lotto's 'El Raton' breaks free from rival 'Motorcycle Irene' en route to a race and series win.

season champions — rebounded to take sion A, and Disivion B went to Andrew krook's Cal 20 Can O' Whoopass cruised the race and the series win. Macfie's Olson 30 Hoot with straight to the Cal 20 title. Saturday's other battle went to Rob- bullets. George Ellison's Schumacher 30 All 26 starters ﬁ nished Sunday's race ert Schock's Newport 30 Achates, which Shameless took Division C, while Patrick as the rowdy weather that followed later entered the day needing to put a boat be- Kohlman's sweetly-restored Davidson that week started rolling into the Bay. At tween it and Emile Carles' Tartan 30 Lelo "quarter-pounder" Joyicity halved the 11:30 a.m. the breeze was coming from Too to win Division E. Schock was able to point total of the runner up in Division about 270°, but it was lighter than on the do just that to win on a countback. D. Division F was all about David Tor- The Bilafer family and their Henderson risi's Catalina 22 Dumbo, which notched 30 Family Hour comfortably won Divi- straight bullets, and Richard vonEhren-

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day before, and there was thick fog. little reach and all 26 boats fi nished in ries. Rachel Fogel's Great White took the "When we checked in with Vessel Traf- 30 minutes." smaller — but still competitive — Express fi c Service they assured that we should The closest contest in the Sunday 27 division, while Larry Telford's IS 30-2 get some ‘viz’ soon," Tosse said. "Amaz- series went to Richard Stockdale's J/24 Antares took Division 4 by a point. ingly, they were right; we started on time Froglips, which carried the day to edge Last up for the Berkeley YC Mids rac- for an 8-mile windward/leeward course. out Jim Fair's Merit 25 Chesapeake for ers was the Champion(s) of Champions, When the lead boats had managed only 2 a two-point series win in Division 3. aka the "Trophy Winners Race" on Febru- miles in a little over an hour, we elected to Although she didn't have anyone to ary 27, after we'd gone to press. By the shorten it to a 5-mile course. Naturally, as race against, Bill Roberts' Corsair 31 time you've read this, the division winners soon as were set, the new breeze kicked Emma showed up for every race and took from both days will have gone head to in along with a 45-degree shift to the left. the multihull division. Dean Treadway's head for the Kirt Brooks Perpetual trophy. This meant each leg was now a speedy evergreen Farr 36 Sweet Okole took Divi- The second, third and fourth place fi nish- sion 1, and Division 2 went to Macfi e's ers from both days of the regular series Hoot — the only boat to win its division also had their respective starts. in both the Saturday and Sunday se-

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BERKELEY YC MIDWINTERS SATURDAY SERIES FINAL (4r, 0t) DIVISION A — 1) Family Hour TNG, Henderson 30, Bilafer family, 5 points; 2) Jeannette, Frers 40, Henry King, 8; 3) Stewball, Express 37, Bob Harford, 12. (8 boats) DIVISION B — 1) Hoot, Olson 30, Andrew Macfi e, 4 points; 2) Mintaka 4, Farr 38, Gerry Brown, 10; 2) Flexi Flyer, Soverel 33, Mitchell Wells, 12. (8 boats) drew Macfi e, 5 points; 2) For Pete’s Sake, Ulti- DIVISION C — 1) Shameless, Custom Schu- mate 24, Peter Cook, 11; 2) Flexi Flyer, Soverel macher 30, G. Ellison/H. Macartney, 7 points; 2) 33, Mitchell Wells, 11. (5 boats) Baleineau, Olson 34, Charles Brochard, 10; 3) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Great White, Rachel Fogel, For Pete’s Sake, Ultimate 24, Peter Cook, 15. (6 5 points; 3) Luffi ng Outloud, Ray Wilson, 14; 2) boats) Wetsu, Phil Krasner, 15. (5 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 7 DIVISION 3 (123-168) — 1) Froglips, J/24, points; 1) Motorcycle Irene, Will Paxton, 10; 3) Richard Stockdale, 8 points; 2) Chesapeake, Eagle, Ross Groelz, 16. (18 boats) Merit 25, Jim Fair, 10; 3) Two Irrational, Moore 24, DIVISION D — 1) Joyicity, 1/4 Ton, Patrick Anthony Chargin, 11. (5 boats) Kohlman, 6 points; 2) Phantom, J/24, John Gul- DIVISION 4 (>170) — 1) Antares, IS 30-2, Larry liford, 12; 3) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair, 13. Telford, 6 points; 2) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill (7 boats) Chapman, 7; 3) Zingaro, Santana 22, Jennifer DIVISION E — 1) Achates, Newport 30, Rob- McKenna, 12. (4 boats) STEVE SKINNER ert Schock, 7 points; 1) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Complete results at: www.berkeleyyc.org Carles, 7; 3) Harry, Newport 30, Dick Aronoff, 14. (4 boats) Corinthian Midwinters DIVISION F — 1) Dumbo, Catalina 22, David Torrisi, 4 points; 2) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Although the weather on the Bay was Chapman, 14; 3) Crazy Horse, Ranger 23, Nicho- pretty wet and gray on February 19 — one sailor called it "freezing rain" — it certain- Sunday — a strong position was anything las Ancel, 17. (6 boats) but a guarantee. Some boats leapfrogged CAL 20 — 1) Can O’ Whoopass, Richard ly took a turn for the better, albeit colder, the competition to nab podium spots vonEhrenkrook, 5 points; 2) Fjording, Tina Lundh, the following day as the scoring part of 10; 3) Recluse, Cal 20, Howard Martin, 16. (5 the 60th annual Corinthian Midwinters in their divisions, and others gutted- boats) wrapped up with some thrilling fi nishes out close ones — three of the division for the 150-plus boats in 15 divisions. winnners couldn't be determined without BERKELEY YC MIDWINTERS SUNDAY SERIES FI- The stage had been set the previous a countback. NAL (4r, 0t) Richard Courcier's Farr 36 Wicked MULTIHULL — 1) Emma, Bill Roberts, 4 points. month, when a pair of light-to-medium- air races with plenty of current saw people won PHRF 1 on a countback after tying (1 boat) War Pony going from hero to zero and back again with Mark Howe's Farr 36 and DIVISION 1 (<85) — 1) Sweet Okole, Modifi ed Steve Stroub's SC 37 Tiburon, who took Farr 36, Dean Treadway, 6 points; 2) Abordage, multiple times. But on the fi nal weekend, the second and third spots respectively. Melges 24, Erwan Le Gall; 2) Salt Peanuts, Dees which saw pretty consistent breeze — 6 Easom Rigging GP 26, Steve Saperstein, 13. (5 boats) to 10 knots on saturday and 10 to 15 on Scott Easom's Farr 30 DIVISION 2 (87-120) — 1) Hoot, Olson 30, An- walked away from the rest of PHRF 2, al- THE BOX SCORES The Bay's midwinter series are in their Nesbit. (11 boats) Salmon; 2) Bandido, Merit 25, George Gurrola; 3) twilight, so without further ado, we get right DIVISION C (NON-SPINNAKER PHRF < 143) Phantom, J/24, John Guilliford. (4 boats) to the results for those that are as of yet — 1) Q, Schumacher 40, Glenn Isaacson; 2) Ba- SPINNAKER 2 — 1) Wuvulu, Islander 30, John unresolved. Our style guide for midwinters sic Instinct, Elliott 1050, Jan Borjeson; 3) Willow, New; 2) Razzmatazz, Santana 525, Bill King; 3) results is right here in front of you. If you Centurion 40S, Bob Braid. (6 boats) Tinker, Wilderness 21, Matthew Beall. (5 boats) take the time to type them out in the for- DIVISION D (NON-SPINNAKER PHRF 143 - NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Obsession, Harbor 20, mat you see here, they are guaranteed to 232) — 1) La Mer, Newport 30, Randy Grenier; Lee Perry; 2) Scrimshaw, Harbor 20, Lee Perry; 3) get into the magazine, as it just makes life 2) Geronimo, Lancer 30M, Michael Campbell; 3) One More Time, Rhodes 19, Steve Ritz. (4 boats) that much easier for us when our results Willin', Catalina 30, Mark Tishler. (6 boats) COLUMBIA 5.5 — 1) Wings, Mike Jackson. (1 gnome decides to play hooky. We need the DIVISION E (NON SPINNAKER PHRF > 232) boat) boat name, type of boat (for handicap divi- — 1) Tackful, Santana 22, Cathy Stierhoff/Frank Complete results at: www.iyc.org sions) and the skipper's name. When you've Lawler; 2) Inshallah, Santana 22, Shirley Bates. (2 gotten all that info together, just send it on boats) SOUTH BEACH YC ISLAND FEVER SERIES to the Racing Editor at [email protected]. Complete results at: www.sausalitoyachtclub.org STANDINGS (3r, 0t) Thanks! SPINNAKER PHRF < 126 — 1) Wasabi, Ker- ISLAND YC ISLAND DAYS #4 (2/13, 1r) nan 44, Dale Williams, 6 points; 2) Lazy Lightning, SAUSALITO YACHT CLUB MIDWINTERS (2/6 1r) SPINNAKER 1 — 1) Ragtime!, J/92, Bob John- Tartan 10, Tim McDonald, 8; 3) Wild One, FT 10, DIVISION A (SPINNAKER) — 1) Nancy, ston; 2) Crazy Eights, Moore 24, Aaron Lee; 3) In- John Lymberg, 9. (11 boats) Wyliecat 30, Pat Broderick; 2) Gammon, Tartan visible Hand, J/111, Greg Nelsen; . (8 boats) SPINNAKER PHRF 127+ — 1) Double Play, 10, Jeff Hutter; 3) Razzberries, Olson 34, Bruce 168 RATERS — 1) Bewitched, Merit 25, Laraine Yankee 30, RDK partners, 4 points; 2) Luna Sea,

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Borjeson's Elliott 1050 Basic Instinct. The trio pulled it off despite the fact that 10 points a piece. the San Francisco YC's Can of YucQa won PHRF 4 was all about Bryan Wade's two divisions head-to-head with the CYC Ultimate 24 Max, which scored bullets team, and their lowest scoring boat — the on both days. Gordie Nash and his mod- team trophy is scored with a high-point ernized Santana 27 Arcadia came out system — fi nished third, only six points swinging, erasing a seven-point defi cit behind the division winner. carried over from the fi rst weekend with Off the water, superstar navigator Stan a pair of bullets that put him in fi rst in Honey showed his commitment to his PHRF 5 after yet another countback. hometown once again by appearing as a PHRF 6 went to Lon Woodrum's Moore 24 guest speaker on Sunday morning. Frenzy, which cruised to a pair of bullets. Of course the club has instituted a George Ellison's Schumacher 30 Shame- new value-added pursuit race on March less romped in the SF Bay 30 class, also 19. Even though it doesn't count for the bulleting in both races. series, it should be a lot of fun! Non-spinnaker 1 went to Glenn Isaacson's Schumacher 40 Q, while CORINTHIAN YC MIDWINTERS FINAL STANDINGS Non-spinnaker 2 went to Jim Erskine's (2r, 0t) Cal 33-2 Kira. Non-spinnnaker 3 went to PHRF 1 — 1) Wicked, Farr 36, Richard Courcier, Richard vonEhrenkrook's Cal 20 Can O' 12 points; 2) War Pony, Farr 36, Mark Howe, 12; 3) Tiburon, SC 37, Steve Stroub, 12. (10 boats) Whoopass , which took the division fi nsh- PHRF 2 — 1) Easom Rigging, Farr 30, Scott ing with three straight bullets. Easom, 5 points; 2) Mirthmaker, Archambault 35, The Catalina 34s went to Kurt Mag- Kirk Denebeim/Doug Holm, 11; 3) Hawkeye, IMX danz' Amandla by a healthy margin, and Kirk Smith's Dream scored three bullets The Corinthian Mids had to have at least one day of and a second over the rain . . . the view from Sean Mcginn's 'Daisy Cutter'. series to finish with a three-point win in the Al- Enjoying "shorts sailing" during the Sausalito YC erion Express 28 division. mids aboard Bob Braid's Centurion 40S 'Willow'; The Cruising Cat division inset — it doesn't get much better than this. went to J.E.B. Pickett's though Frank Morrow's IMX 38 Hawkeye Seawind 1160 Serenity, did manage to break Easom's stretch of and Peter Stoneberg's bullets with a win in Saturday's race. Shadow took an uncon- The Express 37 division went to Bob tested win in the other

Harford's Stewball, while Charles James' multihull class. WWW.H2OSHOTS.COM Roxanne leaped into the J/105 division The Aotea Team Tro- title. PHRF 3 was another really close phy went to the Corin- one, with Robert Bloom's J/35 Jarlen thian YC's own Could- beating James' son Elliott — sailing the NaThinkaOne, made up

family's Mancebo 31 Bloom County — on of Kira, Jim Snow's Cal ERIK SIMONSON/ a countback after the two boats tied with 20 Raccoon and Jan

Islander 36, Dan Knox, 7; 3) Smooth, Santana OPTIMIST GREEN (11r/1t) — 1) Jack Landon, Steve Cameron, Antrim Wing Dinghy, 30 points; 525, Mark Feinholz, 9. (5 boats) 31 points; 2) Sumner Strumph, 31; 3) Jonathon 2) Bill Gutoff, Banshee, 65; 3) Oliver Meldrum, SPINNAKER CATALINA 30 — 1) Adventure, Andrews, 37. (21 boats) Laser 4.7, 119. (11 boats) Jack McDermott, 4 points; 2) Huge, Woodruff/ SNIPE (15r/2t) — 1) Doug Howson, 24 points; THISTLE (12r/1t) — 1) Michael Gillum, 52 Keen, 5; 3) Friday's Eagle, Mark Hecht, 10. (6 2) Tom O'Neill, 45; 3) Greg Miller, 46. (8 boats) points; 2) David Rumbaugh, 54; 3) Mike Arrow, boats) BYTE (14r/2t) — 1) Laurie Davis, 24 points; 2) 67. (6 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) 007, J/105, Bruce Michele Logan, 36; 3) Bill Tieman, 42. (4 boats) FLYING DUTCHMAN (10r/1t) — 1) Zhenya Blackie, 3 points; 2) Seaview, C&C 115, Peter WYLIE WABBIT (10r/1t) — 1) Weckless, Tim Kirueshkin-Stepanoff, 16 points; 2) Buzz Bal- Hamm, 8; 3) Unanimous, CS 30, Steve Eittreim, Russell, 14 points; 2) Jack, Bill Erkelens, 20; 3) lenger, 34; 3) Mike Mezsaros, 41. (4 boats) 11. (6 boats) Bad Hare Day, Erik Menzel, 28. (6 boats) WETA (10r/1t) — 1) Gordon Lyon, 5 points; 2) Complete results at: www.southbeachyc.org ULTIMATE 20 (10r/1t) — 1) Michael Eisenberg, Marc Simmel, 10; Christophe Allie, 33. (4 boats) 13 points; 2) Tom Burden, 18; 3) Phil Kanegs- I-14 (11r, 1t) — 1) Rand Arnold, 24 points; 2) RICHMOND YC SMALL BOAT MIDWINTERS SE- berg, 28. (8 boats) Lawrence Henderson, 24. (2 boats) RIES STANDINGS 29er (11r/1t) — 1) Mackenzie Cook/John SOUTHAMPTON OPEN CLASS (11r/1t) —1) El TORO SR. (15r/2t) — 1) Michael Quinn, 26 Marlett, 13 points; 2) Mike Pacholski/Haydon Pieter Versavel, Musto Skiff, 12 points; 2) Wayne points; 2) Gordie Nash, 38; 3) Buzz Blackett, 66. Stapleton, 20; 3) Jessica Bernhard, 46. (5 boats) Clough, Lightning, 36; 3) Christopher O'Leary, (15 boats) LASER (12r/1t) — 1) Mark Halman, 42 points; 505, 36. (8 boats) EL TORO JR. (13r/1t) — 1) Robbie Englehart, 2) Mike Bishop, 45; 3) Christine Neville, 45. (17 MULTIHULL (6r/0t) — 1) Ryan Schoﬁ eld, Ho- 40 points; 2) Neil Marcellini, 40; 3) Michael Mar- boats) bie 18, 16 points 2) Nico Columb, Tornado, 30; 3) lett, 60. (20 boats) LASER RADIAL (12r/1t) — 1) Olivia McDonald, Brett Peterson, Hobie 18, 42. (4 boats) OPTIMIST CHAMPS (7r/1t) — 1) Lawson Wil- 50 points; 2) Kaitlyn Baab, 71; 3) Dominique Ber- Complete results at: www.richmondyc.org lard, 19 points; 2) William McMullen, 20; 3) Teddy trand, 79. (12 boats) Hayden, 22. (13 boats) BREAKWATER OPEN CLASS (15r/2t) — 1)

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38, Frank Morrow, 17. (13 boats) PHRF 3 — 1) Jarlen, J/35, Robert Bloom, 10 points; 2) Bloom County, Mancebo 31, Elliott Julle Le Vickie, 14. (14 boats) James, 10; 3) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom, 16. (12 NON-SPINNAKER 2 — 1) Kira, Cal 33-2, Jim boats) Erskine, 6 points; 2) Phoenix, Catalina 320, Jon PHRF 4 — 1) Max, Ultimate 24, Bryan Wade, 6 Rolien, 10; 2) French Kiss, Beneteau 350, Dave points; 2) White-Jacket, Etchells, John Sutak, 10; Borton, 12. (9 boats) 3) Kuai, Melges 20, Daniel Thielman, 16. (8 boats) NON-SPINNAKER 3 — 1) Can O' Whoopass, PHRF 5 — 1) Ar- Cal 20, Richard vonEhrenkrook, 11 points; 3) Rac- cadia, Modernized coon, Cal 20, Jim Snow, 15; 3) No Agenda, New- Santana 27, Gordie port 30 MkII, Brian Forster, 15. (8 boats) Nash, 11 points; 2) Moonlight, Express Complete results at: www.cyc.org 27, Jim Gibbs, 11 points; 3) Tule Fog, Race Notes Express 27, Steve The Olympic Trail — Northern Carroll, 14. (10 California Olympic hopefuls were out boats) in force at the Rolex Miami Olym- SF SLACKWATER SF BAY 30 — 1) pic Classes Regatta January 23-29. Shameless, Schu- Johnny Goldsberry and Charlie Smyth macher 30, George Ellison, 5 points; 2) were third among the American teams Gammon, Tartan in the 49er class, fi nishing eleventh, 10, Jeff Hutter, 11; just one spot out of the medal race. The Estuary had beautiful weather for the Oak- 3) Takeoff, Laser 28, Stanford's Oliver Toole, sailing with San land YC's Sunday Brunch Series. You can fi nd Joan Byrne, 12. (5 Diego's Hans Henken, was 14th, and results at www.oaklandyachtclub.net. Gordie Nash boats) Max Fraser and Dan Morris were 22nd CRUISING CATS — 1) Serenity, Seawind 1160, in the 29-boat fl eet. Bay Area product Lauderdale, Florida, takes the boats J.E.B. Pickett, 5 points; 2) Chat De Mer, Belize 43, and Yale sophomore Claire Dennis was around the eastern end of Cuba before Leo Brodeur, 8; 3) Lanikai, Seawind 1160, John 22nd in the 58-boat Laser Radial fl eet. fi nishing in Montego Bay, Jamaica. No- Brady, 8. (4 boats) ble served as the bowman aboard King's MULTIHULL — 1) Shadow, Formula 40, Peter The Bay's Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer helped Anna Tunnicliffe pull down Point's Dubois 90 Genuine Risk. Stoneberg, 4 points. (1 boat) A preview of things to come? — If EXPRESS 37 — 1) Stewball, Bob Harford, 8; 2) second place in the women's match you're interested in getting just a little Golden Moon, Kame Richards, 11; 3) Bullet, Mi- racing, while the Bay's Genny Tulloch, chael Maloney, 12. (6 boats) with crew Alice Manard Leonard and taste of what the 34th America's Cup J/105 — 1) Roxanne, Charles James, 10 points; Jennifer Chamberlin, was 16th in the might feel like, your chance is just 2) Donkey Jack/Donkey Jenny, Rolf and Shannon 24-boat group. Complete Results are around the corner. Oracle Racing CEO Kaiser, 12; 3) Blackhawk, Scooter Simmons, 14 available at: http://rmocr.ussailing.org/ Russell Coutts' very successful trav- points. (8 boats) Rolex_Miami_OCR.htm. How's this for a sense of scale? An Alerion Ex- CATALINA 34 — 1) Amandla, Kurt Magdanz, 5 press sidles up to the 'Hawaiian Chieftain.' points; 2) Ka-Nina, Gary and Erin Stypulkoski, 10; Warmer Latitudes — Bay Area sailor 2) Sirius, Diana Fischer, 11. (6 boats) Matt Noble can now add ALERION EXPRESS 28 — 1) Dream, Kirk a win in the Pineap- Smith, 5 points; 2) Snowbird, Michael Tomlinson, ple Cup to his resume. 8; 3) Spirit, Nancy Rogers, 10. (6 boats) Starting on February NON-SPINNAKER 1 — 1) Q, Schumacher 40, 12, the 811-mile race Glenn Isaacson, 8 points; 2) Basic Instinct, Elliott that starts from Fort 1050, Jan Borjeson, 10; 3) Min Flicka, Hanse 370,

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shoreside viewing areas. One aspect of the Oracle RC44 Cup area for arena-style sailing inside San San Diego that won't be like AC 34 is Diego Bay. that discounted room rates at hotels “The level and intensity of the com- throughout the downtown area's vi- petition is going to be greater than brant and historic Gaslamp Quarter ever,” said Coutts, who's returning to are available for a limited time. The the site of his fi rst America's Cup win. details on those deals, plus maps of “It’s always great to race in San Diego; it the public viewing areas, are at: www. will be a natural amphitheater for those oraclerc44cupsandiego.com. watching from onshore." The circuit is Coutts' four-year-old That's a familiar trope for anyone brainchild, and it has attracted grand who has followed San Francisco's prix owners with its organization, effi - America's Cup bid, and while on a much ciency and spectacle, not to mention the smaller scale, we expect that the Oracle performance of the boats themselves. RC44 Cup San Diego will be somewhat All the teams share a common spares- of a proof of concept, and maybe even and-repairs container and a common test lab for some facets of AC 34. There crane. will be plenty of top-level talent in at- Add in the savings produced by the tendance. Nine different nations will be removable transom scoops and two- represented. There will be a pretty big piece rigs that allow the whole package eling roadshow — the RC44 circuit shoreside production, and the racing — to fi t into a 40-ft container, and the re- — makes its second-ever stop in the scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. duction in costs for owners leaves more States in San Diego March 2-6 for the every day — should be immediately vis- money for the parties! With all the buzz Oracle RC44 Cup San Diego. Eleven ible from the Broadway pier and other this class has generated, our expecta- boats are already being readied on the tions have grown, so we're hoping for Broadway Pier in the city's downtown the best.

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With reports this month on Tall Ship Chartering in Downeasst Maine, an update on the Southern Hemisphere Adventures of Alaska Eagle, our take on The Pros and Cons of Summer Caribbean Chartering, and miscellaneous Charter Notes.

We Be Jammin' — but will share aspects of both. You'll Aboard a Maine Windjammer never be asked to take complete control Looking for an out-of-the-ordinary of the boat, of course. But you will be summer vacation option that you won't encouraged to lend a hand hauling lines, have to sell the ranch to afford? Consider taking the helm and even helping in the fl ying back to Downeast Maine for a week galley — but only if you want to. The of "windjamming" aboard a traditionally meals served aboard aren't advertised as rigged schooner. gourmet cuisine, but schooner trips are Thanks to the generations of tradi- famous for hearty, home-cooked meals tional boat lovers who have been raised that often feature fresh local seafoods with a reverence for the age-old arts of and fresh-baked breads and pies — all marlinspike seamanship, more than a served family style. But the culinary dozen historic Maine coastal schooners highlight of each trip is a traditional were converted long ago to carry pas- Maine lobster bake, prepared in a pit on sengers rather than cargo. Seven of the beach as in decades past. them have actually been designated as These vessels have private cabins National Historic Monuments. There are with basic yet comfortable amenities, in- also a few modern-built replica vessels cluding hot showers. But such trips are in the fl eet, which is based around the defi nitely get-to-know-your-neighbor ex- picturesque towns of Rockland, Rockport periences. After all, one inherent aspect and Camden, in the mid-coast region of of sailing such vessels is that hoisting, Maine. trimming or furling sails requires many These boy range in size from 46 to 132 hands working together. And the shared feet on deck, take six to 40 passengers, camaraderie of such joyful work tends to and operate only from late May to mid- forge lasting friendships quickly. October. Although most, if not all, belong The beauty of the surrounding land- to the Maine Windjammer Association, scapes is a perfect complement to the they are all privately owned and oper- romance of sailing aboard one of these ated, carrying crews of two to 10. classic beauties. As with cruising the The experience you'll have aboard dur- Gulf or San Juan Islands, shoreside ing a standard three- or six-day cruise vistas are lush and green, and distances will be unlike either a bareboat charter between islands and anchorages are Spread: Although built as a replica and car- or a cruise aboard a luxury crewed yacht, short. While many islands and stretches rying a ketch rig, the 95-ft 'Angelique' was a of coastline are uninhabited, other areas welcomed addition to the windjamming fl eet Wherever you wander in the mid-coast region, when she was launched in 1980. Others in the you'll fi nd quaint, picturesque towns and vil- feature quaint homes and classic colo- nial mansions perched above the water's fl eet date back to the 1800s. Insets: A traditional lages that welcome visitors. lobster bake; Even the replicas employ traditional rigging such as these mast hoops. edge. In all, Maine has more miles of coastline than California, so you'll never run out of new areas to explore. It goes without saying that you'll spend part of each day sailing to a new destination. But there will generally be plenty of free time to explore beaches, take a row in the ship's skiff, or explore historic harbors and villages. One notable aspect of vacationing aboard these vessels is that you don't have to limit your guest list to seasoned sailors. Folks of all ages, from all walks of life are attracted to these trips. Some participants have a great deal of sailing experience, while others have none. So you could literally invite your grandma to join you, along with your adolescent kids — and teach them some 'traditional

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fi shermen and merchant mariners is a delightful challenge that will give you an instant connection to our maritime history, and insights into the roots of our modern gear and techniques. It goes without saying that history buffs will love poking around this region, most of which still maintains its centuries-old charm. Similarly, the aes- thetic beauty of the area's picturesque waterfronts, fi shing fl eets, and classic yachts will give shutterbugs an endless supply of subjects to shoot. The most photogenic subjects of all, of course, are the ships themselves. Blast- ing along on a fresh breeze will all sails driving hard. . . there are few creations of man more beautiful than a tall ship under full sail. And when groups of these beauties gather together it's really a sight to behold. If your timing and berth availability allow, consider booking a week that coincides with a schooner race or festival ashore. Due to the relatively short season, availability is obviously limited — especially since some schoonering devotees come back year after year. So if you're interested, we advise you to book sooner rather than later. As we said, these trips are a great value for the money ($1,100 or less per person, including all meals). And with a little luck you might even be MAINE WINDJAMMER ASSOCIATION / FRED LeBLANC MAINE WINDJAMMER ASSOCIATION able to use frequent fl yer miles for the Speaking of which, even if you think 2011 Fleet Gatherings Although participation in the sailing chores is you're a hot-shot racer who knows more optional, everyone is encouraged to learn the • Schooner Gam — Wk of June 13 about the subtleties of sail trim than Rus- ropes and take a turn at the wheel. Season kickoff gathering and raft-up of more than a sell Coutts and Paul Cayard combined, dozen 19th-century-style sailing ships. you may fi nd the experience of sailing a • Windjammer Days — Wk of June 20 gaff-rigged tops'l schooner to be refresh- Grand sail parade through picturesque Boothbay Harbor. Ships come from up and down the coast to ingly humbling. Why? Because schooner participate. Music and fi reworks. folks are the ultimate traditionalists. To • Great Schooner Race — Wk of July 4 them, labeling which line is which is a More than two dozen tall ships gather for an ex- sacrilege. When sailing a hundred-year- citing all-day race in which guests may participate. old schooner it's all about revering the North America’s largest annual gathering and raft- methods of our maritime forefathers. up of tall ships. That means heaving together as a group • Maine Windjammer Parade — July 15 The entire windjammer fl eet participates in an af- to hoist a sail, rather than grinding it ternoon Parade of Sail past the mile-long Rockland up on a self-tailing winch, and working Breakwater. Festivities ashore. in concert with other crew members • Music Festival — Wk of August 1 to 'sweat' lines onto the pinrail, rather Windjammers gather for the Sweet Chariot Music than locking them into a modern sheet Festival on Swans Island; groups perform traditional clutch. You'll probably also be inspired music of the sea. Friday night shipboard perfor- to learn all sorts of new lingo, as there mances including sea chanteys and story-telling. • Camden Windjammer Fest — Sept 2&3 are specifi cally named pieces of rigging Parade of sail, live music, dancing and fi reworks. and gear that simply don't exist on the • WoodenBoat Sail-In — Wk of Sept 12 modern Marconi sloop that you're prob- The fall gathering of the fl eet takes place in Brook- ably used to racing on or daysailing. lin, Maine, headquarters of WoodenBoat Magazine To our way of thinking, to sail through and WoodenBoat School. Live music, tours and a Maine's historic waterways using the harbor full of historic schooners.

time-honored techniques of East Coast / KEVIN PHAUP MAINE WINDJAMMER ASSOCIATION WORLD

cross-country ﬂ ight back to Boston or Portland, Maine. For more info and a rundown of available vessels, check out the Maine Windjammer Association's website at: www.sailmainecoast.com. — latitude/andy

Chartering at the Ends of the Earth: Alaska Eagle Tours South Georgia Since being donated to the Orange Coast College School of Sailing and Sea- manship in 1982, the ex-Whitbread racer Alaska Eagle, has sailed more blue-water miles than any other charter vessel we know of. Built of aluminum at the renowned Royal Huisman Shipyard, this custom Sparkman & Stephens 65-footer has logged more than 185,000 miles with student crew of all ages aboard. She's crossed the Atlantic three times and the Pacifi c 40 times during her annual summer circuits. As we've noted before, however, this year's ambitious cruise around South America may be her last under the OCC banner. Rumors have it that she may be sold after her completing her summer schedule this year — which includes yet another TransPac, as well as a variety of coastal legs. We certainly hope the ASHLEY PERRIN School will reconsider, as the Eagle has remote South Georgia Island. It was sent to 6,000-feet, covered with bright white been a tremendous resource for would- to us by globe-trotting former Bay Area glaciers." be voyagers. Crewing aboard her has racer Ashley Perrin, who is currently If you'd like a chance to sail aboard boosted the confi dence of many sailors, on the island. We've always been proud Eagle before she changes hands, we who later went on to safely cross oceans that the 'Latitude network' extends all suggest to hurry. Visit: www.occsailing. on their own. over the world, but South Georgia? com. We were both thrilled and a bit Wow! That's a fi rst. So a big thank you — latitude/andy shocked to receive the killer photo (right) to Ashley for thinking of us, and best of of Eagle navigating the frigid waters of luck with your frosty research. Trying to Reason Over the years, the 'Alaska Eagle' has visited The ship's blog describes the boat's With Hurricane Season some of the world's most idyllic anchorages — awe-inspiring landfall February 13: "As For many would-be vacationers — such as Cook's Bay on Moorea. of 1100 this morning we made landfall especially those with school-aged kids off of the west coast — summer is not only the best time to of South Georgia take a vacation, it's the only time that's Island. The sun practical. And if you have hopes of book- is shining, seals ing a late-model boat in a popular desti- are jumping, alba- nation this summer, we suggest you get tross are fl ying, a your dates locked in on the boat of your couple of whales choice — pronto! just passed by, Fortunately, the vast majority of and a few penguins prime charter venues are in the Northern swam out to the Hemisphere and, of course, see their best boat to great us, all-around weather conditions during or perhaps to warn our summer or early fall — take your the others. It was pick from the Pacific Northwest, the quite a dramatic Chesapeake, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, shift from blue ho- the French Riviera, the Balearics, the rizons all around Italian islands and others. to snow-covered But even with all those choices it's peaks reaching up probably safe to say that the islands of OCC SCHOOL OF SAILING & SEAMANSHIP OF CHARTERING

the bareboat base or in ter base (or sent to a 'hurricane hole') restaurants, hotels and and a prorated portion of your charter shops, are more cheer- fee would be refunded. ful and appreciative of We should point out also that the your business during farther south your charter venue is, the summer than in the peak smaller the chance of seeing a storm, season, when they are since cyclonic activity in the Atlantic overworked and over- almost always spins in a northwesterly whelmed. arc. Consequently, places like the Grena- The cons, of course, dines and Grenada would be much safer are that you could look bets during the theoretical peak of the forward to a killer sailing storm season — late August and Sep- vacation for months, only tember — than venues farther north. In to have it tarnished by October, by the way, bareboat prices are several days of crappy, if just about half of what they are between not nasty, weather. But Christmas and the end of April — at least allow us to play devil's with some companies that we checked advocate for a moment. out. During the decade that Is it much hotter during the summer this writer lived in the months? Only by a few degrees, and Caribbean, the conven- we're still talking about daytime temps tional wisdom was that in the mid-to-high 80s. the odds of any given There are plenty of reasons why the island in the Leeward Eastern Caribbean is the most popular Antilles or Virgin Islands chartering region on the planet. But that suffering a direct hit by status makes many anchorages quite a full-blown hurricane crowded during the peak winter months. were about 100 to 1. Not So as an alternative, we'd encourage bad odds. And we're pret- you to consider the summer season ty sure a meteorologist instead. As we've pointed out here, the would give you a better trade-off for taking a calculated risk on spread than that — even the weather will be lower pricing, much Former Bay sailor Ashley Perrin just happened in this era of hard-to-predict weather less crowded waterways and probably to be hanging around on South Georgia Island patterns. even more cheerful attitudes from the when the 'Alaska Eagle' arrived. That said, It is common for so-called locals! the Eastern Caribbean occupy the top tropical waves to blow through, bringing If you take us up on this proposition, spot on the vacation wish list of most temporarily overcast skies and variable we'd love to hear about your experience West Coast sailors. Consequently, the winds. But these generally won't slow and see a few photos. (Email: andy@ question of whether or not it's safe to you down at all. In fact, if you're a San latitude38.com) charter there during the 'dreaded' June- Francisco Bay sailor, you'll probably rel- — latitude/andy to-November hurricane season is often a ish the increase in wind that sometimes During the winter months a mere bareboat topic of hot debate. accompanies them. would never be allowed to tie up at St. Bart's Here's our take on it. There are pros, Tropical depressions are more se- prestigious wharf. But in summer they can. cons and risks associated with summer rious, potentially chartering in the islands. The pros are: causing you to sit A) There are far fewer boats in every tight while await- anchorage from St. Thomas to Grenada ing clear skies. during the summer months than during But bear in mind the peak winter season, as many bare- that because there boats sit unused at their bases, many are no major land luxury crewed yachts cross the pond to masses in the is- the Med or go north to New England for land chain for a the summer season, and many cruisers front to cling to, time their movements to be either north even large hur- or south of the hurricane belt during r i c a n e s p a s s summer. B) Another 'pro' is that bareboat through in a mat- pricing is substantially cheaper through- ter of hours. Worst out the summer, with the mid-summer case: If a severe months — when there's the greatest storm is forecast, chance of bad weather — usually being you would most the cheapest. C) Also, you'll typically likely be called

ﬁ nd that service workers, whether at back to the char- / ANDY LATITUDE WORLD OF CHARTERING

Charter Notes if your air travel will take you to a We had an infuriating experi- sailing charter, you should be book- ence lately that we'd like to share ing months in advance anyway, not with you. After painstakingly ac- at the last minute, when you'll end cumulating more than 60,000 up with the least-popular boat in the frequent fl yer miles with a certain fl eet. unmentionable airline, we suddenly We'd also like to advise any realized that they had disappeared. and all Bay Area charter operators Poof! Gone! that we're now be putting together What happened, of course, is our April edition which will contain that we hadn't booked a fl ight on a comprehensive listing of every that particular airline for over 18 bareboat charter vessel in the months, which thereby gave the Greater Bay Area, as well as every company the legal right to zorch our crewed charter sailboat. We know entire stockpile of credits. Did that about the old hands, but if you're piss us off? Uh, yeah. Just a wee new to the game let us know about bit. your operation — and please send The lesson learned, of course, is us a selection of your best boat that all the unused frequent fl yer miles If you've started a new Bay Area charter op- photos ([email protected]). There's folks have lying around represent a ser- eration, we'll be happy to give you some free no charge for the listing, which will also vice owed to them by the airlines. And publicity in our April issue. end up as a web resource that's acces- the airlines would love to wipe them off warn you that your hard-earned miles sible online year-round. their books. The responsibility of keep- are about to evaporate into the ether. This April issue guide is a great ing track of your mileage accounts lies So our advice is not only to keep close resource for event planners or private with you. Just as your bank won't sent tabs on your mileage accounts, but to individuals who occasionally get the urge you a friendly email warning you that fi nd a way use up the darned things. to throw an on-the-water celebration for you only have 34¢ left in your check- These days, that probably means book- a gang of family or friends. So be sure to ing account, the airlines aren't about to ing a fl ight many months in advance. But check it out.

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March, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 135 CHANGES

With reports this month from Queen Emma on repowering in the Carib- bean; on Edulis in the British Virgins; from Convergence on a safe run up 'Pirate Alley' in the Arabian Sea; from the Wanderer on surﬁ ng Pt. Mita's 'north shore'; from Zeppelin on things to do in the La Cruz area; from Sailors' Run on the Recife (Brazil) to Fernando de Noronha Race; from Carinthia's Kurt Roll on surﬁ ng from sailboats; and Cruise Notes.

Queen Emma — Oyster 45 in Admiralty Bay, Bequia. Nothing bad Lance Batten & Susie Bowman happened to us, but one boat went up Still Lovin' the Caribbean on the rocks and another lost her mast. (Berkeley) Mostly we worried about all the charter We haven't checked in for quite a boats dragging around with the famously while, but here goes. We are still — bogus Bequia moorings in their teeth. since '02 — cruising Tomas was such a wobbler that it de- the Eastern Carib- feated our 'run south from the hurricane' bean, and still think plan. Our new plan is to go back to our it's the best winter old plan: leave our boat on the hard and cruising ground. Af- spend the summer sailing other people's ter all, the water is boats on San Francisco Bay. warm, the breezes We recently had family and friends fresh, and there is visit, and caught up with several issues little or no adult su- of Latitude that they had brought down. pervision. In the January issue, there was a let- In '08, we decided ter about diesel engines being hard to to look for a larger come by, and bad boat repair services and more solid boat, in the Caribbean. They were interesting Lance is all smiles. and most important- reports, but they weren't true of every- ly, one that Lance could stand up in. where down here. We know, because in Here's how to expand your social circle in March of last year we repowered Queen three easy steps: 1) Approach interesting Emma with a Volvo D2-55 diesel in Le boat. 2) Explain that you're thinking of Marin, Martinique. Mecanique Plaisance buying such a boat. 3) Enjoy a guided had two of these engines on the shelf — tour, and also get advice and libations in in addition to a couple of 75-hp Volvos the process! and a collection of other engines and The net result for us was Queen generators. They did an excellent job Emma, a new-to-us Oyster 45 that we installing the engine in seven days, and came across in Bequia. Eaux Vives, our stuck to their written estimate. We have Beneteau 40, originally part of The Moor- also had equally professional results For those who don't remember, eight ings fl eet, sold in St. Martin, and we've from Caraibe Greement, the riggers, and years ago we came down to the Carib- been learning all about Queen Emma Diginav, the electronics guys. bean planning to charter for a month or ever since. A lot of cruisers ignore the French is- so. We then realized that we could buy a We spent our fi rst summer in the lands, fearing the language barrier. Our boat, and if we found that we didn't like Caribbean on the new boat thinking that experience is that the gulf can be greater cruising, we could just sell her. In other we'd complete some of the more time- on the small Anglo islands. The problem words, we had no plan and no clue. We consuming jobs during the off-season. is that most of the craftsmen on the continue to amaze ourselves with how But it was too hot and too buggy to get small islands haven't had the practice little we know, yet we're still having a much done. Furthermore, we got caught or seen the volume of jobs to meet the great time. Fortunately, most of the on the edge of hurricane Tomas while American expectations. I'm convinced people you read about in Latitude, and Lance and Susie bid adieu to 'Queen Emma's that the typical bargain hunter who goes the people you meet out cruising, are old Volvo as it's carted away by the Mecanique to Trinidad ends up spending more — regular folks who are generally willing Plaisance crew at Le Marin, Martinique. and getting 'vex' to boot — than if he/ to help new cruisers. she just paid First World By the way, we recently came under rates for First World service the drawbridge at Sint Maarten behind in Martinique. Laura Dekker, the 15-year old Dutch As to the toilet paper in girl who hopes to become the youngest QUEEN EMMA the head controversy, we circumnavigator ever. She got a warm haven't had such a good welcome from her fellow countrymen laugh in a long while. If — half the island is French and half is someone is that squeamish Dutch — upon the completion of her about bodies, body fl uids, transAtlantic leg. She's now cruising body smells, and so on, they Down Island. As for ourselves, we spent should book a cruise and a few days enjoying St. Barth — it still skip the sailing. If, on the doesn't cost anything to anchor at Anse other hand, they relish life, they should go cruising. IN LATITUDES

BVI charterboat. She looked like an

JAY AILWORTH JAY Olson or Santa Cruz 40 on steroids, but with much greater beam carried all the way aft, and an extra rudder. Oth- er than a two-foot sugar scoop that had been added later, she was a boat without frills. She also flew a faded French fl ag, and it was clear that her crew consisted of a middle-aged couple and a young boy. Yann is learning the After exchanging pirate ways young — pleasantries that and liking them. evening, the next morning we decided to paddle over to Edulis to sea trial our 11-ft Uli infl atable surfboard. We were enthusiastically invited aboard for coffee by Philippe Maugan, a Frenchman with an Irish name, Marie-Gabrille Ca- podano, an Italian who has lived most of her life in France, and Yann, their 4½-year-old son. Even though Edulis wasn't glossed off to a high standard, hadn't been given any make-up, and had gear, food, and equipment strewn about, she still exuded a raw sailing sexuality. She had a powerful rig, her twin rudder tiller bar extended all the way across the large cockpit, and there was a large covered area at the back of the cabin where one could fi nd shelter from green waves blasting over Philippe and Marie pose on the beamy aft end come across an adventuresome cruis- the cabin-top. Like all Open 40s, this of the Open 40 'E2dulis'. If you're looking for a ing family, let alone an adventuresome boat was designed to be pushed hard boat with a big booty, the Jumbo is it. French cruising family, is the The Baths offshore. Columbier — and then sailed to Jolly at Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin "Edulis is a fi ne sailing boat," agreed Harbour, Antigua. The guy checking in Islands. Although the giant granite Philippe. "She regularly hits 15 and 16 before us was solo circumnavigator Mike boulders that make up The Baths are a knots. And displacing just six tons, she Harker of the Manhattan Beach-based justifi ably worthy scenic and dive stop, once hit 21 knots under main and jib Hunter Mariner 49 Wanderlust 3. Mike they are as much a mass tourist destina- alone." As we said, she's not your aver- has recovered well from the injuries he tion in the British Virgins as Fisherman's age Caribbean charter boat. And she did suffered at the hands of thieves in St. Wharf is in San Francisco. In fact, when make our heart go pitter-pat. Martin, and continues to enjoy sailing. we cleared out of the British Virgins at 'Edulis' is designed for rugged offshore sailing, We recently took friends Sarah and Spanishtown a day later, the woman at so her cockpit is very protected — even from Quincy of Mostly Harmless up to Bar- Immigration said we wouldn't be allowed green water coming over the house. buda, where we anchored off Eleven-Mile to leave the country until we'd Beach. We had 11 miles of pink-tinged visited The Baths. beach off the bow, and a beautiful sunset And visit The Baths we did, off the stern. It kinda puts the TP issue although not really because in perspective, and explains why we, the we wanted to see it for the

'Accidental Cruisers', are still at it. umpteenth time. It was rather LATITUDE/RICHARD — lance 10/15/11 because it was late in the day, most everyone had left, and Edulis — Jumbo Open 40 nobody seemed to be charging Philippe, Marie and Yann for the moorings. Edulis, the Leeward Islands only other boat in the area, (Brittany, France) arrived at the same time we One of the last places you'd expect to did. A Pierre Rolland designed Open Class 40 Jumbo design, she was the antithesis of the CHANGES

The couple - who with their son live most of the year at Norbhon, near La Europe either fl ipped, sank or otherwise Trinite-sur-Mer, in southern Brittany, were knocked out of action by a storm. a region that has produced many of "It was really terrible out there. At one France's top offshore sailors - have an point I had the very large cockpit fi lled interesting history. In '85, Marie was liv- to within one inch of overfl owing into the ing in Isles de Saintes, the lovely group of salon." islands just off Gua- But when he got to Guadeloupe, there deloupe in the Carib- was Marie, whom he hadn't seen in 15 bean. In fact, she, years. While she knew Philippe was com- her mother, and four ing to Guadeloupe, it was by a fl uke — brothers were rent- needing to come to the island from her ing a beautiful piece LATITUDE/RICHARD home in Paris to sign some family real of property on the estate papers — that she was there at beach next to Pan de all. But sparks must have fl own, for the Sucre, where they op- two immediately began cruising together erated a small beach on Edulis. restaurant. This just A year later, Philippe, a pregnant happened to be at Marie, and the fi ve kids from their now the same time that combined families, cruised Brazil. While Ciggys, essential Philippe, a fi sheries not well appointed, Edulis is a rather provisions on most student, needed to cavernous and beamy boat, so at least French boats. do his fi eld studies. there was space for everyone to sleep. Most of his classmates elected to go out "When we got to Rio, we came around on big fi shing ships. but Philippe wanted the corner of the Pan de Sucre, and to work and study with the fi shermen pulled into the very fancy Rio de Janeiro who went out in small boats and pulled YC," recalls Marie. "It's a very exclusive their catch in by hand with nets. club, and the men were smoking big We don't know how well Philippe and cigars and the women wearing beauti- Marie got to know each other, but we do ful clothes. But you can't imagine how know it was the last time they'd see each friendly and hospitable they were." other for 17 years. Both would marry and "I think it was because we were a have children, he three and she two. big family on a relatively small boat, In '02, Philippe became partners with because we weren't ostentatious, and a fellow who was building a Jumbo Open because Marie was pregnant," says 40 that would become Edulis. Later Philippe. "After staying for something like tigua Sailing Week. Then she'll be sailed that year, Philippe sailed her across the three days, I asked what we owed them. to New York, then another friend will sail Atlantic in company with the Route du 'Nothing,' they said. 'We've been honored her to Brittany." Rhum fl eet, which fi nished in Guade- to have had you as guests.' They were "In September," Philippe picks up, loupe that year. "When I said goodbye to magnifi que!" "Edulis will again be a mother boat for my then-wife," he laughs, "it really was The couple would return to cruise in the 20-ft Mini Transatlantic Race fl eet. goodbye." Brazil the following year with Yann, who So we'll be cruising her in Brazil again Early on in that crossing, he must was then but a few months old. They next year. have wondered if by saying goodbye he loved it. While a lot of people complain Talk about your busy boats. had somehow crossed the gods. The about crime in Brazil, the folks on Edulis "My recent stop in St. Barth was inter- weather turned so bad that 17 boats, didn't have any problems. esting," says Marie, "because I lived there skippered by some of the best sailors in Late last year, their boat partner back in '75 when I was just six years The navigation station in 'Edulis' isn't much, sailed the Open 40 across the Atlantic old. Back then the island wasn't even but both Philippe and Marie like simple boats, to Guadeloupe, at which time they took on the map. In fact, my mother started so it's not a problem for either of them. over the boat for their annual six-week the fi rst restaurant on the island in '75. cruise. Says Marie, "We vis- It was called the Coffee Shop, and it was ited Guadelouple, Antigua, in the corner of the harbor at the cur- Barbuda . . ." rent location of the Route du Boucaniers " S h u s h ! " l a u g h s restaurant. My mother had a one-year Philippe. "We didn't check lease, but after one year the restaurant

LATITUDE/RICHARD into Barbuda." was so popular the owner took it over After joining in the instead of renewing my mother's lease." laughter, Marie continued Marie laughs at the absurdity of it all. the list. "Then St. Barth, "We left St. Barth because my father Anguila, here in the Brit- didn't like it. My mother loved it, and ish Virgins, and soon we'll wished she'd never left. My not having end up in the U.S. Virgins. been there in 36 years, it was obvious From there, the boat will that it had changed a great deal. But I be taken to Antigua, where friends will sail her in An- IN LATITUDES

due to the holidays — but it always seems that work gets done faster when the owner is around. The work was generally very good and reasonably priced, and the workers very helpful.

COURTESY RANDY REPASS COURTESY We left Phuket on the 20th for the 1,552-mile passage to Uligan, Northern Maldives. We arrived on the 27th. Except for 36 hours of squally weather, the sailing conditions were ideal, with 10 knots or so of wind on the beam and smooth Boat Lagoon, Phuket. seas. The day before we got to Uligan, the anchorage was empty. We arrived the same day as four other boats headed to the Red Sea. When we left three days later, there were 20 boats in the anchorage! Uligan is a small and very clean Muslim island village with friendly and helpful people. We knew that piracy had spread as far as 1,000 miles from Somalia, and from the previous center of activity, the Gulf of Aden, which had gotten the name 'Pirate Alley'. The good news was that in recent years no cruisers had been attacked on their way to the Red Sea — presumably because the pirates were after more lu- An unusual cat rigged ketch with free standing sia, then by Singapore up the Malacca crative prizes in the form of cargo vessels wishbone rig, 'Convergence' covered a lot of Straits to Langkawi, Malaysia, and fi nally and tankers. In addition, the Arabian Arabian Sea miles quickly. to Phuket, Thailand, where we left Con- Sea is a big one, with 2,000 vessels on still think it's wonderful. I'm not both- vergence in October. it, almost all of them bigger and easier ered by the rich people, who in any event The best time for a passage from Thai- than Convergence for pirates to see. So don't destroy the beauty of the island and land to the Med, our next destination, is while we were concerned about piracy, the water." January through April. Partly because kept a close lookout, and had a plan if With their cruising time for this year of the potential for attacks by pirates, an attack did occur, we thought the odds almost expired, the couple began musing and partly because of the amount of of being attacked were very low. about returning to work. "We have an time Kent-Harris would miss school, we We left on January 31 on a direct oyster hatchery," explains Philippe. "We decided to do the passage with friends The 'Convergence; crew: Joseph Rodgers, put the male and female together, and and not the family crew. known as Yosef in Muslim countries, Randy Re- make the little oyster. This is all done Brother-in-law and Santa Cruz pass, and circumnavigator Kelly Waterhouse. in a laboratory. When they grow to half marine surveyor Joseph a millimeter, we sell them to the people Rodgers and friend Kelly who do the aquaculture." Waterhouse - who recently — latitude/rs 02/16/11 completed his circumnavi- gation aboard his and wife Convergence — Wylie 65 Kelly's (husband and wife Randy Repass and Family are both named Kelly) Du- Transiting 'Pirate Alley' four 35 - and I arrived at (Santa Cruz) Convergence in Thailand's CONVERGENCE COURTESY My wife Sally-Christine and son Kent- Boat Lagoon on January Harris have cruised our Wylie 65 across 12. We spent nine days the South Pacifi c to Australia three or working with the service four months a year since leaving Santa people there to fi nish the Cruz in June of '04. This past summer boat projects that we'd we sailed from Darwin through Indone- hoped would have been completed when we arrived. Work was delayed CHANGES

route to the eastern edge of the 500-mile International Recommended Transit Within a few miles of the end of the Corridor (IRTC) through what used to be IRTC, and about 100 miles before enter- the worst of the pirate waters. Our route ing the Red Sea, we spotted what looked was several hun- like a skiff about 1.5 miles off our star- dred miles south of board bow that was on course to cross the very busy main near us. Skiffs are what pirates use to shipping lanes. We attack, and this was the fi rst non-com- had excellent sail- mercial vessel we'd seen since leaving the ing conditions on Maldives, so we were concerned. We didn't this 1,200-mile leg know if this was a pirate skiff or not, but to the IRTC, with I immediately put out an informational, the true wind just “securite, securite” call on the VHF hoping aft of the beam at that a war ship would hear it. A cargo ship 8 to 14 knots, and answered, wished us luck, and called for small seas all the a war ship. None responded. We changed way to the IRTC. If course to head in the opposite direction all sailing were this from the skiff's, and were relieved to see good, there would that it kept on course. be more sailors! We had notified UKMTO, Maritime The 'good guys' are We made good Security Centre Horn of Africa and the doing what they can time, with 200+ Maritime Liaison Offi ce — three groups to patrol a vast sea. mile days and a that monitor shipping in pirate waters, best 24-hour run of 227 miles. We saw and also coordinate war ship patrols and fewer than 15 ships all the way to the IRTC, but neither saw nor had contact with coalition war ships. The wind light- ened and came aft once we were in the IRTC, so we motored the entire 500-mile length of it — and then most of the way to the Bab-el-Mandeb, the narrow southern entrance of the Red Sea. At this so-called 'Gates of Hell', the wind picked up to 25 knots, as predicted, in the narrows. There had been, of course, plenty of ship traffi c in the IRTC. As suggested by the UK Marine Trade Operations, we went straight down the center of the two-mile- wide separation zone, so ships going our pirate intervention — of our plans and for Port Sudan, halfway to the Suez Ca- direction passed us on our starboard, sent them daily position reports, which nal. We made the 2,429-mile passage and ships coming the other way passed we also copied to the cruisers in the from Uligan to Port Sudan in 12 days on our port. We saw a number of NATO/ Maldives. After we notifi ed them of our and three hours, which included about EU/Coalition war ships on patrol, and intended passage, UKMTO and MSCHOA six hours at anchor behind reefs in the were contacted by two. We did get a sense emailed a list of attacks in the prior 30 Red Sea for minor repairs. That's an av- that the IRTC was being watched by the days, which we plotted. There had been erage of 200 miles a day. Convergence, good guys. very few on the route we chose. our pilothouse/salon-up Wylie 65 is fast, Located on the Red Sea, busy Port Sudan is the We were very relieved to enter the Red comfortable and easy-to-sail. Thank you main port city for the Republic of Sudan, and a Sea and be free of the threat of piracy. designer Tom Wylie, and builder Westerly popular stop for cruisers. As one hears many reports of attacks Marine. on commercial ships each After three days in Port Sudan, which month — there were more I found to be a fascinating, very Third- than 30 in January alone World city with friendly people, we took — we empathize with those off, having changed from a 'pirates are cruisers debating whether our primary concern' mode to a 'weather to sail through the pirate concern' mode. The GRIB fi les down- waters, go around Africa, loaded from SailDocs have been pretty ship their boat to the Med, accurate the whole trip, and show favor- COURTESY CONVERGENCE COURTESY or return to Thailand. It's a able conditions for the next few days. Our tough decision that has to immediate destination is the Suez Canal be made on an individual 460 miles to the north, with our ultimate basis. destination this passage being Marmaris, Because strong norther- Turkey, a total of 950 miles away. lies were predicted for the — randy 02/15/11 next several days for the entire Red Sea, we headed IN LATITUDES

at the most crowded breaks. If any other sailor-surfers have been catching some good waves, we'd like to hear from you and see some photos. And no, you don't have to identify the spot. — latitude/rs 01/30/11 ALL PHOTOS LTITUDE/RICHARD Zeppelin — Stan Huntingford 47 Wayne & Elly Smith Sightseeing Around La Cruz (Vancouver, B.C.)

We've been at Marina La Cruz since December 18 and, between boat jobs and guests, we've managed to take in a few of the nearby sights. Every Tuesday morning in Puerto Vallarta, local gallery owner Gary Thompson guides a two-hour walking tour along the malécon which is dotted with about 15 marine-inspired bronze sculptures from local artists. Even down on the beach are the sand sculptors, making incredible art with sand, spritzing their creations with salt water to stay intact, and a guy that does There's something for beginners to experts on the north shore of Banderas Bay. Lefts, rights, rocky an amazing job of balancing of boulders. point breaks, reef breaks, neck-snapping sandy beach breaks, SUPing waves — all within about The best part is that the whole thing is three miles of Punta Mita. What you often won't ﬁ nd, particularly on weekdays, are crowds. free, all they ask for is a donation to the Readers — As most readers know, lots of waves to yourself; 3) You won't get local library. Randy is the founder and chairman of no 'stink eye' from a Big Bruddah when Dozens of art galleries — I would say West Marine Products. you go for a wave. more than 20 galleries in the central We're not going to claim that Punta downtown area alone — are tucked into Surﬁ n' the North Shore Mita and the North Shore get consis- the side streets, and it's great fun to just (Punta Mita) tently great waves — and that's probably wander up from the malécon a block or When surfers talk about riding waves a good thing, or it would surely end up As Elly and Wayne found, art sculptures abound on the 'North Shore', they are inevitably as crowded and as youth-, surfer-, hip- in Puerto Vallarta, even on the beach. referring to the northern shores of the pie- and dog-oriented as Hawaiian Islands and all the famous Sayulita. But check out world-class breaks there. the accompanying photos But when West Coast sailor-surfers from one two-hour period talk about the 'North Shore', they are on January 25. SMITH ELLY sometimes referring to the Pita Mita When a decent swell area of the north shore of Banderas Bay, hits Mexico's North Shore, which is about 15 miles from Puerto all kinds of great breaks Vallarta. While the waves may not be appear, seemingly out of as big or as consistent as on Hawaii's nowhere. So while the North Shore, Mexico's North Shore does most crowded spots had have some advantages: 1) You can eas- perhaps 20 people, you ily paddle to any of about 10 spots from could still pick a break your safely anchored boat; 2) You can get and have every single wave to yourself. Lots of waves went to waste, even CHANGES

two and browse. The town also has a weekly 'Art Walk' for a couple hours just ward we mosey over to Abalon, before sunset in which you can stroll the local coffee roaster/café & around the neighborhood galleries and Huichol Indian art gallery (sup- meet with the artists. porters of indigenous weaving) We rented a car and drove up the for live jazz and brunch. Such Sierra (4,600 feet) for a couple of hours a great way to spend a Sunday to see historic San Sebastián del Oeste. morning. You can always count On the way to the town we stopped at on running into fellow cruisers a Raicilla distillery called Hacienda San along the way. Sebastian, where we learned the whole During the evenings you have distilling process (in Spanish, of course) a choice of more great jazz at La and had a taste of true Mexican moon- Cascada or Abalon, or you can go shine. A nice bolt at 11:00 a.m.! back to the '70s at Anna Bananas The Church of San Sebastian, origi- for rock’n’roll, or Philo’s Bar for nally built in the 1600s, is dedicated to great ribs or pizza. Three nights the town’s patron saint and was rebuilt a week Philo and his band play after an earthquake in 1868. We also a sort of country hoedown/folk stopped by La Quinta Café de Altura, a music. Another institution here local organic coffee grower and roaster is Taco’s on the Street, which owned by Sanchez Alvarado and his fam- is an open-air restaurant. You ily for the past fi ve generations. He let can have tacos, quesadillas or us tour around in the back orchards to tostadas at prices ranging from look at the coffee plants. We then found $1.00 to $1.60 each. You bring an awesome Italian restaurant called your own beer or wine and all Montebello, run by Coco, her husband three dishes have the same main and chef, Walter, along with their two fi lling — skirt steak with different sons as our servers. Andrea Bocelli was extras. There are several other playing in the background, while we were excellent restaurants, including served the most fantastic fresh made Masala, which has an Asian/ pasta surrounded by gardens of orchids, Mediterranean fusion menu that rose bushes and fruit trees. is outstanding, and Frascati for On our way out of the town we great Italian food. stopped in at the Hacienda Jalisco One day we took the 10-min- Museum & Guesthouse, an historic ute bus ride to Bucerias and 1840s era structure that has been re- walked around the town for a few stored to it’s original state. Way up in hours. It's a touristy place with a the mountains, huge space, a variety of number of timeshares and condos, Sailors' Run — Baba 40 Ketch fruit trees — avocado, lemon and lime. but it has one of the best beaches in Jeff and Debbie Hartjoy Truly blissful! Banderas Bay. They have a few streets Recife to Fernando de Noronha Each Sunday here in La Cruz, we look dedicated to local arts and crafts, along (Longbranch, WA) forward to the local farmer’s market. with the usual t-shirt and tourist trap Debbie and I have done some un- Filled with organic veggies and baked stuff. A number of restaurants line the usual offshore sailing in our 12 years of goods, along with local artists, jewelry beach so, after touring around, we sat on cruising. While doing last year's Recife and crafts, it's a fun place to people the beach under an umbrella with dos to Fernando de Noronha Race wasn't watch and pick up a few goodies. After- margaritas and watched the surf roll in as unusual as my singlehanding Cape Debbie and Jeff with 'Sailors' Run' in Recife while constantly saying ”No, gracias” to Horn, it's not an event that attracts many before the start of the Noronha Race. Smiling the beach vendors. West Coast sailors. while living life to the hilt is what they do. On January 24, we hauled Zeppelin The bustling metropolitan area of Re- at the La Cruz shipyard to cife has a population of fi ve million, and have the bottom stripped it gets its name from the coral reefs that down to the bare fi berglass line the city's shore. It's also known as and start from scratch. the 'Brazilian Venice' because there are The quote was about 35% 50 bridges in the city center alone needed cheaper than the same to cross the many rivers and connect the work in Canada or the many small islands with the mainland. U.S., and they seem to do Fernando de Noronha, 300 miles to COURTESYSAILORS' RUN COURTESYSAILORS' excellent work. After we the NNE, couldn't be more different. relaunch, we plan to fi nish While there are 21 islands and islets in off our boat jobs, provision the archipelago, the largest is only seven and head out of La Cruz en miles by two miles, and has a population route to warmer waters and of just 3,000. But it's a spectacular natu- some much needed scuba ral environment, with great beaches, diving. — elly 2/17/11 IN LATITUDES

pulled over to give me a ride. I was going to get in, but then I realized how heavily I was bleeding from around my eye. As a result, I was too embarassed to accept a ride, and waved him off. I ended up stum- bling the 1½ miles

BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TOURISM TOURISM BRAZILIAN NATIONAL back to the yacht club, blood running down my arm from the saturated paper towel that I'd been holding to my bleeding head. The guards at the yacht club were horrifi ed, thinking I'd been mugged. Jeff drinks to the Once back on the excellent finish by boat, I cleaned the 'Sailors' Run'. cuts and a deep gouge, then applied the largest bandage ever to my head. When Debbie saw that I'd been hurt, she stopped her laps and rushed out of the pool. But as soon as she realized that I could be my own doctor and would live, she got back to her laps. Hector and Patricia, two very special Argentinians who were to be our crew, arrived on September 23rd, which meant they only got in two days of pre-race partying. The last pre-race party was special, as the yacht club was decked out in linen and they put out a great spread. We even got all dressed up, with Debbie in heels. As you might expect, we got up on front of the crowd and sang, I Got You The contrast between the sparkling, warm wa- the fi ne performance by Debbie. She not Babe, which is our song. We were even ters of Fernando de Noronha and the concrete only threatened to pull our boat out of interviewed by a big television station, urbanity of Recife couldn't be more extreme. the race, but she shed tears. Unable to and were asked all about being married tropical diving and profl ifi c sea life. At take the latter, they signed us off. for 25 years and having been living on one time it was covered in forests, but Although we're in our 60s, Debbie our boat for 12 years. the trees were all cut down to prevent and I were feeling pretty good about We were a little tired by the time the prisoners — it used to be a prison island our physical condition for the race. gun went off for our start at 3 p.m. That's — from building rafts to try to escape. After all, I'd been running daily for a because we'd had to leave the marina Sailors' Run was the fi rst of the 20 month, and she'd been running one day Fernando de Noronha, actually islands and boats in our division to be subjected to and swimming the next. But my good islets, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This the mandatory inspection by the Brazil- feeling ended suddenly one morning is the popular beach of Conceição ian Navy. They had issues with my some- when I tripped over a what out-of-date fl ares, one of which had concrete block — in the a 'use by' date of '86. Oops. They found middle of the sidewalk! it necessary to point out to me that it — that had been used UNESCO was now '10. They also wanted to see to hold down a politi- my captain's license. When I explained cian's campaign sign. that no license is required in the U.S. It wasn't the fi rst time for the operation of private yachts of less I'd fallen running, but than 100 tons, they didn't believe me. I it was the fi rst time I'd ended up gathering all my old log books, fallen on a very rough pictures of me sailing from as far back aggregate surface and as '72, and showed them all the places wasn't able to slide or we'd been. Even my proving that I had keep my face out of it. rounded Cape Horn singlehanded might I'd tumbled next to a not have done the trick were it not for busy six-lane highway, and a driver who had seen what happened CHANGES

at 5 a.m. due to depth and tide issues. Nonetheless, we had a perfect start in a worked out great, so Hector and Patricia 30-boat group that included the Open will always be welcome to spend time Division and Open B Division. After three with us wherever we go. hours, we were seeing 25 knots of wind We must also take our hats off to Bob and hitting speeds of over 9 knots. Perry, our boat's Seattle-based naval It proved to be an exhilarating race. architect. Thanks Bob, as it's great to The previous year's winner had sailed have a traditionally beautiful boat that the course in 56 hours. But that was in performs like the Baba 40 can. much lighter air, so I was hoping to break Fernando Noronha Island was beau- 48 hours. As it was, we crossed the fi nish tiful, and the people from the Cabanga line after 14 hours, and were 33rd out of YC who put the event together treated 150 boats across the line. We beat not us wonderfully. There were lots of great only a bunch of racing boats, but some beverages, food, and swag. As for Debbie, catamarans, my fi rst mate, she sang at all the par- too. Not bad ties and was no doubt the inspirational for a cruising winner of the regatta, proving once again ketch! It turns that she loves life and all the people who out we fi nished enter it. second in our We sailed with our crew from Noronha division — to a to Fortaleza, where we spent fi ve days twin-wheeled hanging out at the pool before Hector and French racing Patricia had to fl y home. That left Debbie boat that fl oat- and me to prepare to leave the wondered high in the ful country of Brazil for the 1,600+ mile water. What's passage to Scarborough Bay, Tobago, on more, we set a the southern end of the Caribbean. new boat record — jeff of 178 miles in 24 hours, five Carinthia - Lagoon 440 Kurt, having decided that more miles than Kurt Roll the big waves of Todos the old record Surfi ng From Your Boat Santos are for kids. we set in '01 on (San Diego) our way to the Marquesas. The amazing I loved the Wanderer's January 26th thing is that the wind was never aft of a 'Lectronic about being able to paddle from beam reach. one's boat to the surf breaks at Punta bigger. We enjoyed the eight hours after we Mita, Mexico. [Editor's note: That 'Lec- It got out of hand two weekends in fi nished, as we got to watch all the other tronic is reprinted earlier in this edition January, with waves in the 20-ft range. boats come in, many with skippers who of Changes.] I crewed aboard Dietmar I quit after dropping in on an 18-footer, never fi gured they would be beaten by Petutschnig and Suzanne Dubose's Las making the bottom turn with my Linden an "old overloaded ketch with baggy- Vegas-based Lagoon 440 Carinthia on the gun, but not being able to outrun the wrinkles in the rigging." I take my hat Puddle Jump a year ago. While getting curl. I was held down for two waves, off to Hector and Patricia, our crew, who the cat, which was berthed in La Cruz, and remember hearing the rocks clank- gave it all they had. As much as Debbie ready for the crossing, I would some- ing around on the bottom. After fi nally and I like Hector and Patricia, we have times dinghy the six miles out to Punta catching my breath, I was more than to admit that we weren't sure what it Mita to get waves. My only complaint was happy to fi lm the "young guys" eating it was going to be like sharing our home that I often found myself surfi ng some while enjoying a beer on my boat. It got with another couple for 17 days. But it great stuff all by myself. to where the only ones making the waves Most of Kurt's photos were of too low resolution It also reminds me of the winter of '00. were the tow-in guys. Watching these for print publication, so we have to illustrate his My wife and I had our new Catalina 320 huge waves was so mesmerizing and piece with the Todos Santos lighthouse. berthed at the '90-Day Yacht Club' in awe-inspiring that I will never forget it. Ensenada to legally avoid This year was my 20th year racing having to pay California the Newport to Ensenada Race, and I've sales tax. I would drive always looked at Todos when passing down from San Diego each and thought of the amazing times I've weekend, sail out to Todos had out there. The hiking and kayaking TODO CON TOM Santos, anchor, then hit are awesome, too. So was trading beer for the waves. In late October, lobsters with the super friendly fi sher- the waves would come in at men. The lighthouse keeper used to live about fi ve feet with perfect out there with his German shepherd, shape. It was more con- and loved it when I brought him Marl- sistent in November, with boros and goat milk caramel suckers. fi ve- to eight-foot waves. I can think of at least fi ve other places In December, we often had 8-12 foot sets, with some IN LATITUDES

herself. We're not slamming the Viet-

LTINH MINH LTINH namese or Vietnam, as we thought the people, the country and the culture were all fantastic. We're just noting they are in the early stages of their evolution toward satis- factory public safety. The stink between Tonga and Fiji over the ownership of tiny and mostly underwater Minerva Reef — with cruisers caught in the middle — continues. Samiu Vaipulu, the Deputy Prime Minis- ter of Tonga, advises South Minerva cruisers that, "The best Reef. A beauty. thing to do is not to go there until we get our differences solved with Fiji," Minerva Reef is part of Fiji's Exclusive Economic Zone, but has been claimed by Tonga for decades. In recent months Fijian naval vessels have ordered cruisers to leave unless they have specifi c written per- mission to stop there from Fiji. This is a pisser, because authorities say that more than 400 boats a year travel the often rough waters between New Zealand and Tonga and/or Fiji, and about half of them stop at Minerva to take shelter from the weather or to catch up on sleep. There is no other place to stop between New Zealand and the South Pacifi c. The beef between to two countries is believed to Halong Bay is a spectacular creation of lime- chanic was supposed allow water in to be over fi shing and underwater mineral stone, but the 'sailing' charters, be they day or cool the engine — but shut off the fl ow rights. overnight, are totally bogus. before the boat sank. He didn't do the "When is the last time you had a in Mexico I've surfed while sailing, but latter. And the captain was supposed to member of law enforcement — who prob- those are other stories. From all reports oversee the night watch duties of other ably inadvertently had a machine gun I heard, last year's Ha-Ha was another crewmembers. Nine foreign tourists pointed at your crotch — ask you to fi ll great one. As for myself, I'm soon heading survived and — you'll fi nd this disgust- out a form evaluating his performance?" off to New Zealand to sail with Dietmar ing — so did all six crew. So ask Steve and Pam Lannen of the San and Suzanne on Carinthia again. We're We did a day-trip on one of the Ha- Francisco-based Beneteau 405 First Full headed to either Australia or Fiji. Either long Bay 'sailboats' last winter, and can Quiver. "Do I have to fi ll it out while all destination would be fi ne with me. report they are not typical charterboats. of you are aboard our boat?" I asked. He — kurt 02/13/11 They are huge, boxy, crudely-built wood smiled and nodded 'Yes'. This happened structures without functioning sails, Normally sleepy Chamela Bay is one of the last Cruise Notes: and there are literally hundreds of them places you'd suspect offi cials to check papers. Twelve tourists and one Vietnamese to handle the mobs of tourists who But they were professional and pleasant. tour guide drowned after the large tourist are funneled through the 'sailboat' they were sleeping on at Halong experience. Furthermore, Bay, Vietnam, sank at 5 a.m. on Feb- they all follow the exact ruary 17. According to Colonel Vu Chi same route as though they NATARAJA Thuc of the Public Security Agency, two were on rails, and often at Americans, two Swedes, two Russians, a distance of less than 100 one Scot, one Japanese, one French, feet from each other. The one Swiss, one Australian, along with a limestone islands of Halong Vietnamese tour guide, were victims of Bay — some of which have 21-year-old captain Nguyen Van Minh multiple interior lakes — and 27-year-old chief mechanic Do Van are spectacular, but the Thang "neglecting their responsibilites." 'sailing' is a joke. And as When the boat was at anchor, the me- demonstrated, if anything goes wrong, it's every man, woman and child for him-/ CHANGES

on February 2, when a Mexican naval

vessel pulled into Chamela Bay and tag- LATITUDE/NICK save you a lot of trouble. teamed the entire fl eet. Two fully-armed In last month's Changes, we reported groups went from boat to boat, check- that St. Brendan's Isle Mail Service of ing all our paperwork and asking what Florida provides low cost mail services kind of electronic equipment we had. and street addresses. This allows Califor- They took pictures of our wind instru- nia cruisers wishing to escape the Gold- ments, GPS and depthsounder, and did en State's income and personal property the same with all the other boats. The taxes to easily and legally establish per- day before they'd done the same thing manent residence in a state that doesn't in Tenacatita Bay. How would we have have income tax. Cruisers say they've fi lled out the evaluation if I hadn't had been pleased with the service. Now Dave a machine gun pointing at my crotch Benjamin of Island Planet Sails and and a man standing behind me with the Alameda-based Amel Maramu Exit another machine gun? They were as Strategy reports that he uses a similar professional as could be, and had good service offered by Earth Class Mail. In senses of humor. When they fi rst came fact, this company offers mail receiving aboard our boat, they asked if anyone addresses in 19 cities across the country, spoke Spanish. My wife Pam, a former The week before the Mexican Navy checked and legal street addresses in a number Spanish teacher, took over and you could vessels at Chamela, Immigration checked of others — including Florida. You can see the relief on the offi cer’s face. He was papers in the Barra lagoon. fi nd both outfi ts, and other similar ones, so happy he could do the interview in goon at Barra to check for proper papers. via the internet. Spanish. If I had any complaint at all, it The moral is to check in with the port From time to time, we've made the would be that they should wear Topsid- captains where you are supposed to, statement that sailing catamarans often ers next time. and keep your paperwork up to date. It make better motoryachts than do most The Lannens report that the week doesn’t take much time, and it can sure monohull motoryachts. Willing to back before, Immigration offi cers came around us up based on their experience are to, but not onto, all the boats in the la- Tim and Marsha Schaaf of the Tortola- Your Boatyard in the Heart of Paradise HAULOUT • Marine Travelift 25 tons Our Services| • Marine railway 120 tons • Storage in adjustable steel cradles • Fenced Yard PAINTING • Topsides, hull, bottom, varnish • Brush, roller, spray MECHANICAL WORK • Inboard, outboard, diesel, gas • All brands REPAIRS Large, fenced, secure dry storage area • Electrical repairs • Refrigeration installation & repair Tahiti Customs policy has changed! • Fiberglass & woodwork Foreign Flag vessels can stay on dry storage in • Welding, steel, stainless, aluminum our yard for up to 12 months out of 24. SAIL LOFT • Sail repairs, biminis, dodgers, covers STORE Professional boatyard in the heart of Paradise • International, Pettit, Epiglass, Devoe • Spares Raiatea Carenage will make sure • Fill U.S. gas cylinders paradise is everything you expected. DO-IT-YOURSELFERS WELCOME! Call, write, or sail in . . . we're here to serve you. BoatUS Cooperating Marina B.P. 1111 Uturoa Raiatea 98 735 Polynésie Française Tel: (689) 600-545 ~ Fax: (689) 600-546 ~ VHF 68 A Subsidiary of The Moorings Yacht Charter, Ltd. Web site: http://www.raiatea.com/carenage ~ email: [email protected]

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her the perfect boat for LATITUDE/NICK Jetstream. Many Mexico cruisers will doing the IntraCoastal remember Tim as the dockmaster at Waterway. Marina Cabo San Lucas about 12 to 15 "We were so low that years ago, and as one of the heroes who we could go under low saved a number of cruising sailboats that bridges without waiting were driven ashore at Puerto Escondido for them to be raised — by hurricane Marty in September '03. something most pow- Having done crewed charters for the last erboats and trawlers ﬁ ve winters or so in the British Virgins, couldn't do." Tim says Tim and Marsha decided to take their the best time to head cat and cruise the Chesapeake. It would down the IntraCoastal also give them a chance to replace the is "right after bug sea- standing rigging while they visited with son but just before the Tim's aged mother. Delays in getting first frost". In other boat parts prevented them from getting words, late October or in as much Chesapeake cruising as they early November. And he says to ﬁ gure As much as Tim and Marsha enjoyed the clear wanted. But with their cat's mast already on a month if you really want to enjoy waters of the Bahamas, the real treat for them down, they decided to put it on deck and yourself. was how friendly and kind the locals were. motor down the IntraCoastal Waterway Tim also raved about their cruising the people in the Eastern Caribbean, too to Florida. It turned out to be such a fan- through the Bahamas on their way up many of whom aren't nearly as friendly to tastic experience that Tim has promised to the Chesapeake. "The people in the visitors as is in their own self-interest." to write a Changes about it. Alas, he and more remote islands of the Bahamas are "We're enroute to Central America, Marsha have had such a busy charter as friendly as the people in Mexico," he and as Latitude recently wrote, there is season in Tortola this winter that he says. "Too bad the same can't be said for nothing better for a surfer/sailor than to hasn't had time. But he said that spa- be able to jump off their boat and paddle cious and shoal draft Jetstream made into the line-up," write Mike and Leilani

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March, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 147 CHANGES LANIKAI Costello of the Oxnard-based Saga 43 Lanikai. "I'm an avid surfer, so I'm con- thing, but even if she was nearly given stantly on the hunt for anchorages near to you, it still might not make fi nancial surf spots — or at least within a fi ve-mile sense. In fact, there's a Sightings to that dinghy ride of them. Wanting to be close effect in this month's issue. to surfable waves sometimes means hav- There are four big events left in the ing to anchor in less comfortable places, sailing season for cruisers in Mexico. so God bless my wife for putting up First, the Vallarta YC's 19th Annual with it. But a stern anchor set to orient Banderas Bay Regatta March 8-12, the bow into the swell usually makes a which is three days of 'nothing too seri- huge difference. We're currently lying at ous' racing for cruisers, plus two days Bahias de Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico." of social activites, based out of Paradise "I have an opportunity to purchase a Marina. Given that the BBR has one of 30-ft Wharram catamaran, but she is the greatest cruiser racing venues and located in Huatulco, Mexico," writes Jake environments in the world, it's hard to Thornberry. "I was considering sailing believe there is no entry fee — and that her south along the coast to the Canal, hundreds of boats don't participate. If transiting it, and then sailing her up to you're up north and have cruising friends Texas and eventually North Carolina. Do who are going to enter, this is when you you have a feel for safety-related issues A good boat, a nice swell, warm water, and an want to hit them up to be crew. For more along the coast of Central America, given understanding wife — Tim Costello has a lot of info, Google 'Banderas Bay Regatta'. all the drug smuggling? By the way, I things going for him in life. Second, the La Paz Bay Fest, put on used to live in the Bay Area, during — are just about non-existent. It seems by the Club Cruceros de La Paz, will be which time I owned a Folkboat. Latitude to us that the bigger question for you is held April 9-12. There will be all kinds was always our 'bible'." whether it makes fi nancial sense to de- of social events, with one day of racing Thanks for the kind words. The 'bible' liver such a small boat all that distance. around the bay. For details, check out says that the drug-related safety issues If you're in it for the adventure, that's one www.clubcruceros.org, which will have along the route you propose — which, ex- more info as the event draws closer. cept for going to Texas, is a common one Third, the 15th Annual Loreto

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Fest, the longtime most popular cruiser of the Port Townsend- event in the Sea of Cortez, will be held based catamaran Sun-

at Puerto Escondido April 29 - May 1. shine. "There have been LATITUDE/RICHARD Sponsored by the Hidden Port YC, this several reports of out- is more of a general social gathering than board motor thefts like a sailing event, but it's still very popular this in the last two years. with cruisers. There will be all kinds of It's a shame, because games, entertainment, workshops, food, San Carlos is otherwise rafﬂ es, live music, swap meets, cook-offs, a sweet, quiet town in spahetti dinners — and what started it paradise." all, an above- and below-water clean-up Thefts of dinghies, of Puerto Escondido. All proceeds ben- outboards, and outboard- eﬁ t the educational needs of deserving powered dinghies are Mexican youth. For details, visit www. unfortunately common hiddenportyachtclub.com. in most cruising regions. Fourth, the revived Sea of Cortez In fact, our sense is that Sailing Week, for semi hard-core sailors, it's less of a problem in Mexico than in Theft of dinghies in St. Barth has resulted will be held very shortly after Loreto Fest many other cruising areas of the world in the owners of even modest dinghies with starting in the Puerto Escondido area. — especially places such as Cartagena outboards investing in big locks. The dates have been pushed back from and the Eastern Caribbean. And if one steel chain — and for good reason. We'll last year so the water will be warmer. thought cruisers visiting chic and ultra once again remind readers that cruisers Details to come. Of course, it's free, but expensive St. Barth, for example, would are, unfortunately, every bit as suspect it's also a fundraiser for youth charities be immune to dinghy thefts, they'd be in dinghy thefts as are locals. We know, in La Paz. wrong. In fact, it's not unusual for even because we've caught cruisers in the act "A cruiser friend of mine in San Car- modest dinghies in St. Barth to be se- of stealing dinghies. los, Mexico, reports that he had a 9.9-hp cured with a big lock and thick stainless Anyone willing to help an Italian Yamaha stolen off the back of his 40-ft furniture-maker who wants to change trimaran — again!" writes John Hulburd his life? "My name is Luciano Angeli,

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and I'm a 57-year-old Italian who lives in Treviso, a small town near Venice. PETER NEWTON yummy 'crew', and best of all, hanging I've worked around the world, fi rst as a out with my fabulous high school senior buyer, then as a seller, of furniture and daughter Chloe. But I'll be fl ying back to hotel furniture. But I want to change my Palau before this issue of Latitude hits life, and sailing is my biggest passion. the streets." Every year I've been able to take time to "We're hosting a Kiwi who has been go to sea, but now I want to exploit my all up and down the coast looking for passion by becoming a full-time skip- a good cruising boat," writes a woman per. I'm especially looking for people from Sausalito. "He's been having a who do not have time for long trips, but tough time fi nding one that fi ts his needs who want their boat in a certain place and budget, but he has a line on one in at a certain time. I've already done this Grenada in the Eastern Caribbean that work on a part-time basis. I can speak needs a little work. He can do the work, English and French quite fl uently, also but he's concerned about fi nding marine Spanish, and obviously Italian. I'm also supplies such as epoxy, fi berglass, and a great cook who has no family ties. I can so forth. Does Grenada have that stuff be reached at [email protected]." and/or can it be brought into the coun- "Simple snorkeling around the reefs Yes, snorkeling through a massive accumula- try easily?" of Palau is unbelievable," writes David tion of jellyfi sh would be a like an acid trip. But There are probably more medium to Addleman of the Monterey-based Santa Palau offers even better diving experiences. large sailboats in the Eastern Caribbean Cruz 50 X. "In fact, it reminded me of destinations, might be even better. Alas, than there are in California, so naturally experiments with LSD. The healthy I've recently been here in California doing there are many more boatyards and coral, the fi sh, the sharks, the turtles, chores: legal problems, taxes, engineer- marine supply stores. Budget Marine, the powerful currents, the vertical reef ing, piracy-induced fi berglass repair, which has 12 stores on 10 islands in the walls falling into the abyss. It's hard to buying new sails, attempting to recruit Eastern Caribbean, has a store at Spice believe that the diving in the Micronesian Island Boatyard in Grenada that has islands to the east, one of my future all the basic stuff in stock. If they don't

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have something, they can get it right Colorado-based Peterson ANDRE KERRY away. Another option is Chaguaramas, 46 Esprit. "After our tour Trinidad, which is less than 100 miles of Sri Lanka, we spent a to the SSE, and has everything. The im- few days getting Esprit port duty varies widely on islands in the repaired, refueled, and Caribbean. In places like the British Vir- cleaned up in Galle, and gins, it's pretty high. In Sint Maarten and then left for India. It was St. Barth — where a few years ago Barritt a very rambunctious sail Neal of the San Diego-based Peterson 44 for the fi rst 36 hours, with Serendipity bought a new Carib infl at- 20 to 25 knots of winds, able and a new Yamaha outboard for a with gusts to 35, and seas combined price of $2,500 — it's non- of 10 to 15 feet. It's hard existent or very low. Can you imagine work to keep yourself where mariners, even those in the British steady and upright when Virgins, try to buy their marine supplies the boat is heeling 30 degrees! None of When it comes to cruising destinations, they and gear? We think it would be worth our tummies felt too good, but we sur- don't get much more colorful than India. These calling Budget Marine in Grenada and vived and are now in much lighter winds are the famous fi shing nets of Cochin. a chandlery in Trinidad to compare the and calmer seas. It was our roughest trip of the other fi shermen just smile and prices of basic materials. By the way, one since sailing to New Zealand. We're now wave as they go by. We expect to arrive needs to be careful investing too much seeing a lot of ships and fi shermen in in Cochin, India, sometime tomorrow." money looking for promising-sounding pangas similar to those in Mexico. One When you get to live and work on the boats in distant places. Having just gone of the fi shermen got upset because he got hook on an island with a heavily seasonal through an moderately expensive 'Olson Chay's fi shing line caught in his prop. sailing population — such as we are 30 Quest' to Puerto Rico, we speak from We wouldn't give him anything, so he cut unbelieveably fortunate to be able to do fi rsthand experience." the lure off Chay's line and took it! Most several months a year on St. Barth in the "Hello from the Arabian Sea," write French West Indies - 'catchin' up' at the Chay, Katie and Jamie McWilliam of the beginning of the season is always packed

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and crews who took off for the summer, LATITUDE/RICHARD Blessed with big bucks and exchange mostly to the Northeast United States or surpluses, China has lots of forward vi- the Med. In this category belongs the sad sion. And among the things they are look- tale of Ira Epstein of Bolinas. ing into are alternatives to the Panama Ira has been a St. Barth regular, Canal. Previously, the most frequently often of the inner harbor 'trailer park', proposed alternative to Panama has been for about ﬁ ve years now aboard Lone a canal across Nicaragua, which was Fox, his 65-ft Robert Clark classic wood originally going to be the site of the canal ketch. For the second summer in a row, — before U.S. interests decided to cre- Ira took his ketch to New England for ate Panama from Colombia so we could the lucrative charter trade. While we're build a canal there. But China is pouring hearing the story secondhand, it's our big bucks into the idea of a 'land canal' understanding that Ira chartered his across Colombia. Ships would run from boat to some America's Cup vet for a China to the Paciﬁ c Coast of Colombia, race, and for some reason the boat was where the containers of consumer goods driven beyond a warning mark and run would be put on trains for shipment to aground onto a reef at about four knots. Ira Epstein of Bolinas weaves his Antigua Clas- the Caribbean coast. They would then As if that weren't bad enough, the engine sic class winning Robert Clark-designed 65-ft be loaded onto ships for distribution, was turned on, and we're told that Lone 'Lone Fox' through the Colombier anchorage. primarily to the United States. Experts Fox was driven onto the same reef again, a dispute about the insurance settle- have staked out positions on both sides, but this time at a very destructive seven ment. Everybody on St. Barth is hoping with some saying such an idea is a joke, knots! In fact, one of Lone Fox's former that Ira can make it back for the busy while others saying it's a no-brainer. The owners tells us that the big yacht's keel last months of the season, because he's only certainty is that China is spending had to be removed — and remelted back such a hardworking, hard-core wood big bucks exploring the concept. into the original shape! Apparently Lone We'd love to hear from you! Send Fox is ready to be splashed, but there's high res photos and email! JUST YOU AND THE SEA…

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24-FT CAL , 1983. Redwood City. $5,000. WHAT’S IN A DEADLINE? Our Classifi ed All new standing rigging, Mainsail, 100%, Deadline has always been the 18th of the 130% jibs, 6 hp outboard, new cushions, month, and it’s still pretty much a brick anchor, and safety equipment. Excellent wall if you want to get your ad into the condition. Ready to Sail! Contact Rich magazine. But it’s not so important any- at [email protected] or (650) more when it comes to getting exposure 363-1390. 451 Seaport Ct. Redwood for your ad. With our new system, your City, CA. 94063. ad gets posted to our website within a day or so of submission. Then it appears 24-FT MELGES, ALAMEDA BOATYARD. in the next issue of the magazine. So Burson, $20,000. Hull #14. Race ready. Full boat you’re much better off if you submit or 16 1/2-FT INTERNATIONAL 505. 20-FT NESS SHETLAND SAILBOAT. CA. $3,500. Built by Rondar. All F.G. new covers. Contact Frank. (512) 750-5735 or 2006. Sebastopol. $13,000/obo. Hand- renew your ad early in the month. That Selden spars - Ullman sails. Several other [email protected]. built sailboat with 22’ Magic Trail trailer. way your ad begins to work for you im- (3) 505’s need TLC, but cheap; $500, Balanced lug or gaff sail rig with motor mediately. There’s no reason to wait for $1,000, $1,500. Ray Lopez, the “Old well and 2.5hp 4-stroke Yamaha motor. the last minute. School 505 King”. (209) 772-9695. Mahogany lapstrake epoxy resin construction. 4-6 capacity. (707) 829-8405 19-FT POTTER, 2002. Auburn, CA. or [email protected]. DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS $9,900. Premium package, bluewater layup, Baja trailer, two rudders, dual gel AND ROWBOATS batteries with solar charger, performance sails, new knot meter, ‘08 Honda 5hp, CDI 8’4” GLASS DINGHY, ALAMEDA, CA. furler with UV cover, much more. Excellent condition. (530) 885-0559. $675. Row or motor. Excellent condi- 22-FT SANTANA, 1970. Redwood City. tion, very stable with oars and lifting $3,000. New LP paint and non-skid. New slings. 4-person capacity. Tows and mast and rigging less than 5 years old. rows very well. Honda generator, very Main, jib, 120%, safety equipment, 4hp good condition, Model EX650 about 40 OB. Very clean! Contact Rich. (650) 363- lbs. Very quiet w/hush cover; $300. (510) 1390, 451 Seaport Ct. Redwood City, CA. 830-7982 eves. 14-FT GIG HARBOR WHITEHALL, 2005. 94063 or [email protected]. Belvedere Lagoon. $6,000. Classic design suitable for rowing, sailing or low impact 24 FEET & UNDER FOLBOT FOLDING GREENLAND II. slide seat rowing exercise. Includes cover, $1,600. 2-person sea kayak with red 2 pair oars, all sails/rigging. Excellent deck. Like new, used only about twelve condition. $8,290 to purchase new in 24-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1968. Pitts- HERRESHOFF 12 1/2, 1994. $9,000. 16’ times. Includes storage bags, paddles, 2011. www.ghboats.com/14_whitehall. burg Marina. $3,000/obo. Excellent Bay LOA, Bull’s Eye version, fi berglass, built boat cart, safety bladder and foot rudder shtm. Contact [email protected] and Delta cruiser. 4hp outboard, 2 mains, 1994 by Cape Cod Shipbuilding. Nice kit. (303) 674-2197 (H) or (510) 427-0393 or (805) 443-1822. 2 jibs, and a genny. Sleeps 4, galley and mahogany trim, very good condition, sail- (cell). Porta-Potti. Lots of gear. Recent bottom ready, trailer, boat stands for anti-fouling paint. Compass, VHF, fi shfi nder. (707) @ home, and more. (360) 565-6189. 964-1898 or [email protected].

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Page 154 • Latitude 38 • March, 2011 26-FT MACGREGOR 26X, 2002. LA area. 25 TO 28 FEET $20,000. Like new. Fully equipped with all manufacturer’s options and accessories 27-FT CATALINA, 1984. Grand Marina, plus: VHF, autopilot, radar, 50hp Suzuki Alameda. $13,000. Bodrum Sunset is a OB, furler, all lines run aft, more. Pictures gem: Perfect for getting into beer can available on request. (661) 886-1808. racing and spending a comfy night over at Angel Island! Professionally maintained. 27-FT CATALINA, 1972. Marina Plaza, Email for extensive race and cruising Sausalito. $7,900. Great condition, newer equipment inventory. (510) 865-5454 or main and headsails, rigging, gel coat, [email protected]. 27-FT NOR’SEA, 1980. Moss Landing, decks, spinnaker, interior, boom, 9.9 long- 30-FT LANCER, C&C DESIGN, 1980. CA. $16,000. Tough little blue water shaft Envinrude, electric start/generator, Marina Bay, Pt. Richmond. $30,000. Frac- 28-FT PEARSON TRITON 28.5, 1976. well maintained and ready to sail! Great Presidio YC. $2,500. Classic racer/cruiser cruiser, safe, easy to handle junk rig, many tional sloop, wheel steering, inboard Yan- offshore mods, Fiji vet, aft cabin. Check Bay boat for racing or family fun! (415) mar QM15. Upgraded: cabin, electronics, perfect for Bay and beyond. Major reﬁ t 999-5516 or tjﬁ [email protected]. ‘09: Bottom, rudder, topsides. Rigging, link for pictures and detailed info. www. VHF, GPS and chart plotter, main and cosmetics and interior medium+, but very kabai.com/seablossom. (408) 218-9604 jib, safety lines, shrouds, dodger, lights, solid, dry boat. Loads of spare hardware. or [email protected]. 29 TO 31 FEET wheel pilot and roller furling. (916) 487- Atomic 4 good shape. Pictures available. 5351 or [email protected]. [email protected].

28-FT SANTANA, 1976. Berkeley Marina. $7,000. Volvo diesel, Martec prop, large sail inventory. Prime, upwind O dock slip. Well rigged for effective, easy sailing. 12- and 110-volt electrical systems, with Balmar charging, mounted VHF. Harken traveler and furler with 95 & 130 jibs. New asymmetrical spinnaker, clean teak interior, roomy headroom, enclosed head. 28-FT ALERION EXPRESS, 2007. October 2010 haulout, bottom cleaned Sausalito. $95,000. Lizbeth. Hull #359, 30-FT PEARSON, 1975. Pt Loma. 31-FT PEARSON SLOOP, 1978. Bris- and painted. Solid boat for Bay sailing. commissioned Jan. 2007. One of a kind, $15,000. Cruising ready, custom dodger, bane. $18,500. Hull #6/65, dry, fast, very [email protected] or (510) active fl eet racer/winner. Factory teak and new rigging, full batten Neil Pride main, good condition, 2008 inspection, Volvo 812-4150. Ultrasuede interior, Tacktick instrumenta- genoa, jib, roller furling, GPS plotter, Penta MD13 23hp, new prop (2009), tion including NEMA interface, handheld Furuno radar, TackTick system, 4-burner rigging led to cockpit, Hansen (2010), remote, running rigging upgrades too propane stove/oven, BBQ, Yanmar. New main + 100% jib, Hogan (2007), 130% extensive to list. Pineapple sails, Kevlar bottom paint. (619) 852-5720 or (619) genoa, Hogan (2010). Contact Tom. (408) jib, asymmetrical spinnaker, removable 852-5672 or [email protected]. 316-3744. Selden carbon sprit, Lewmar 30 primary and secondary winches. Custom 30-FT KNARR, 1975. San Francisco ISLANDER 30 MK II, 1971. Moss Land- matching canvas including full boat Bay. $28,000. 1975 fi berglass Borresen ing Harbor District. $7,500. 4-cyl gas cover, cockpit cushions, additional teak Knarr. #128 is in great condition and is inboard (Palmer P60). Fiberglass hull w/ exterior trim, cockpit grate, more. A fully in the process of having a new aluminum teak trim. 3-burner alcohol stove/oven, maintained and varnished yacht. Must see mast installed. Additionally the bottom is BBQ. Depth/fishfinder, CB and VHF to appreciate. Contact (415) 608-6919 or being faired and sprayed. Running rigging radio. Recent work: Sept ‘09 hauled out, 26-FT J/80, 2000. Alameda. $34,500. [email protected]. is new. With these changes, #128 will be tuned up, oil change, new head, replaced Fast & Fun. Hull #268 in super condition. very competitive in the best one-design through hulls and zincs. Sails include North class jib and main. 3DL 135% fl eet on the Bay. Will also consider 50% spinnaker, 2 storm jibs, 100% & 130% genoa. Asymmetrical spinnaker. Genoa partnership. Contact (415) 827-6389 or genoa. Mahogany interior. 5 lifejackets, tracks. Harken roller furling. Tacktick [email protected]. lots of extras. Sleeps 4 comfortably. SailMaster. Nissan 5hp outboard. Bottom Good solid boat. Ready to sail. Take over painted 2010. Triad tandem axle trailer. slip. (831) 915-6783 or (831) 659-1921 or (650) 479-6181 or [email protected]. [email protected].

25-FT OLSON, 1985. San Francisco. $9,500. Very clean inside, good condition outside. Rigging replaced 5 years ago. Dacron main, Kevlar 95% jib, 3/4 & 1/2 oz. spinnakers. 6hp OB in excellent CAL 2-29, 1975. San Francisco Marina condition. (650) 759-7432 (cell) or (650) West Basin . $30,000. Stock rig - 12hp 474-7535 (day). Farymann. Overall boat is in good condi- 26-FT MACGREGOR 26S, 1995. Red- tion, transferable San Francisco Marina 30-FT SANTANA 3030PC, 1982. Ventura. wood City. $7,000. MacGregor 26 with 28-FT WYLIE, 1973. Portland, OR. IOR West Basin slip. GGYC Friday Night win- $27,000. Race or cruise. 2-cyl Yanmar lots of extras. 8hp Yamaha 4-stroke, 1/2-tonner Hawkeye. Free to a good ner. As is - Where is. (650) 444-6016 or 267hrs. New headliner/cabin sole/elec- solar panel charger, Neil Pryde sails. home. Derelict, hardware and interior [email protected]. trical panels. New rod rigging. Harken Swing center board design. Extra lead stripped, includes mast and boom. Non- traveler/genoa leads. Harken roller furler, ballast. Contact (650) 867-4113 or cored hull is solid; original plywood dodger, H/C pressure shower, CNG stove/ [email protected]. deck needs complete replacement. No oven. Full sail inventory. Too much to list. trailer available. Pics available on request. (805) 581-9220 or [email protected]. Serious inquiries only please. Email [email protected].

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March, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 155 30-FT WILLARD 8-TON CLIPPER RIG. 1977. Loch Lomond Marina, San Rafael. $25,000. Roomy sailboat, sleeps 5, roller furling, self-tacking staysail, Yanmar diesel, new traveler, heavy displacement, ocean-going, depth, GPS, hot water, AC upgraded, good condition, ready for cruising. Pix at: http://bit.ly/hYdzuG. (415) 260-4222 or [email protected].

30-FT PEARSON, 1985. Lakeville. COLUMBIA 34 MK II, 1972. Alameda. ERICSON 35 MK II, 1970. Chula Vista, 32-FT ERICSON, 1971. Bruno’s Yacht $19,000. This day sailer has been trans- $19,000. USCG Documented, 150 Hr. CA. $16,500. New since 2007: standing Harbor, Isleton. $16,500. Great cruis- formed into a little cruiser. The main Yanmar 3GM30 diesel, hot/cold pres- and running rigging, Harken furler, 120% ing and Bay boat. Well maintained, saloon has a comfortable settee to port. sure water, microwave, Force 10 stove jib, batt car system, full batten main, head excellent interior, new bottom paint. To starboard, an artfully done galley with and refrigerator. Great liveaboard/cruiser. and holding, batteries and charging sys- Three headsails, spinnaker, self-tailing oak cabinetry, counter space, sink, new For more details and pics, please email tem, lots more. Atomic 4 with electronic winches, Yanmar 3GF diesel, LectraSan stove with oven, and refrigerated ice box. [email protected] or call (510) ignition and new exhaust, reacher and sanitation, depth sounder, knotmeter. Teak veneer on the Formica bulkheads, 316-0594. staysail, sun awning and nice cockpit (510) 207-0111 or (510) 525-3572 or etc. New engine, 30 gallon water and cushions. Needs paint and varnish work. [email protected]. fuel, 15 gallon holding. VHF radio, etc. LP paint included! Money has been spent, Call to learn more. (707) 217-8382 or you ﬁ nish before summer and enjoy a [email protected]. 141a Box- great sailing boat. (619) 997-7837 or wood Ln, Bastrop, TX 78602. [email protected].

32-FT GULF PILOTHOUSE, 1980. Brookings, OR. $35,000. Universal 32hp 33-FT HOBIE, 1984. Alameda. $15,900. diesel, inside/outside helm stations, AP, Fixed keel model. New in 2010: Tiller, VHF, GPS, radar, windspeed indicator, hatchboard, GPS, VHF, gel battery, char- waterspeed indicator, refurbished jib ger, new Mercury 9.9 outboard. 10 bags 29-FT CAL, 1972. Novato. $11,500. and main, new cruising spinnaker, large 34-FT 11:METRE OD, 1992. Santa Bar- of sails, Dacron and Mylar mainsails, two Great ocean cruiser/racer. New hull paint fuel/water tanks. (541) 247-6231 or mel. bara. $18,000/obo. The 11:Metre OD is 120%, #2, #3, self-tacking jib on furler, by pro. Atomic 4. Spinnaker and rigging, [email protected]. very fast, responsive PHRF racer and a storm jib, wind seeker, 1/2oz spinnaker. radial headsail (shown). 3 jibs (90, 110, comfortable day-sailer. Self-tacking jib, Spinnaker pole, whisker pole. To be 150), 7 winches, 2 mainsails. Autopilot, masthead spinnaker, great downwind competitive, you’ll need new sails and depth sounder, speedometer, 12V built-in performance. L=33’-8”, B=8’-2”, D=5’- ropes, and the price reﬂ ects this. Interior refrigerator, whisker pole. (415) 883-5365 11”, Disp.=3600#, fresh bottom (5/2010), is open and clean and light. Priced for or [email protected]. custom kelp cutter, KVH / Nexus instru- quick sale. http://picasaweb.google.com/ ments, 2008 2hp Honda outboard (6 nelsonyachts/Hobie33SailboatForSaleI knots). Removable life lines. North 3DL nAlamedaFastAndFun?feat=directlink#. main (new), 3DL class jib (good), spinna- [email protected]. kers: (3): runner & reacher (good), asym. Code Zero (very good), 155% genoa, (very good). Custom aluminum, dual axle trailer 35-FT HINCKLEY PILOT, 1963. Sau- included. http://architect.com/cuidado/ salito. $39,000. Sparkman & Stephens Site/Welcome.html. (805) 969-1991 or design, 1963. Rebuilt Perkins 4-108, full [email protected]. batten main, radar, chart plotter, autopilot, well maintained. Sweet boat to sail, 30-FT ALBERG YAWL, 1971. $9,500. especially upwind. Estate sale. Contact Rare SF Bay Area built Oceana model. (415) 720-5477 or (415 ) 339-0100 or S/N 3 of 3 built by Clark Marine of San [email protected]. Carlos. Same owner 36 years, Albin AD-2 34-FT J/105, 1992. Sausalito Yacht Har- diesel engine, runs good. Fiberglass bor. $70,000/obo. Hull #42. Jose Cuervo hull, solid. Good sails. (612) 791-9069 or has new mast, furler, foil, pole rig and turn- [email protected]. buckles. Keel and rudder faired. Minimum class wt. Big Boat winner, light and fast. (415) 218-6312 or [email protected]. 32 TO 35 FEET 34-FT C&C, 1980. La Paz, Baja Mexico. $38,000. Just sailed 1500 miles from SF 34-FT CORONADO, 1970. Antioch. 35-FT PEARSON ALBERG, 1965. La for Ha-Ha 2010, then to La Paz. $28,000 $17,000. Easy singlehander: roller-furling Paz, Mexico. $17,500. 2001 Universal of new cruising gear, electronics, new jib, Dutchman mainsail. Autohelm, Garmin M-25XPB 1500hrs, monitor, ICOM SSB, Yanmar 3GM30F since 2009. See de- GPS, 2 VHFs. Hauled and painted 2010. solar panels, Furuno, Rocna, EPIRB, 35-FT YOUNG SUN CUTTER, 1981. tails, photos at website: http://sites. New head and dodger, low hours on liferaft, gennaker, trysail, series drogue, San Carlos, Mexico. $64,800. Reduced google.com/site/svlegacyforsale. Contact rebuilt A-4. Propane stove and cabin Avon Redcrest, Sigmar heater, Xantrex $10,000 to $64,800. Bluewater cruiser (831) 726-3192 or (831) 345-9384 or heater. 2 anchors w/chain and rode. (510) Link10, STA-LOK, Adler Barbour, PUR located in San Carlos, Mexico, ready [email protected]. 676-4444. survivor06, spares, needs cosmetics. to sail the world, full cruise equipped, See more at www.lucidsalt.blogspot.com. more information on our website: http:// Email [email protected]. youngsun.squarespace.com/specs. Email [email protected].

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Page 156 • Latitude 38 • March, 2011 35-FT GRAND BANKS (MAGELLAN). 38-FT HUGHES, 1970. $20,000/obo. S&S 36-FT ALLIED PRINCESS, 1977. Peta- 1964. $4,300. Strip-planked mahogany design, built in Canada 1970. Approxi- luma, CA. $40,000. Well cared for cruising with teak cabin sides, aft cabin, 80hp Ford mately 74 hrs. on near-new engine. Great ketch. Recent reﬁ t includes new sails, run- Lehman diesel. Needs some deck work. Bay boat with slip available in Monterey or ning and standing rigging, electronics, hull SRYH covered berth-good liveaboard. Moss Landing. (831) 915-4984. LP paint. Perkins diesel w/500 hrs. www. Bronze fastened, lead keel. 18,000 lbs. ﬂ ickr.com/photos/54536845@N08/. (707) 6’4” headroom. (562) 899-0774 (eve). 364-0801 or [email protected].

CATALINA 34 MKII, 2005. Berth Alameda. $110,000. Like new, wing keel, awesome COLUMBIA 34 MKII, 1973. SF Bay. hard dodger, perfect sailboat for the Bay, $42,000/obo. Cash or trade. A long cruise professionally maintained 150 hours on history, equipped, roomy. Redundant engine, see Letting Go at website below. systems, tools/spare parts. Yanmar diesel www.Catalina34.com. (530) 424-8090 or runs great. 7’ headroom. Refrigeration. [email protected]. Pressure water. Propane stove. More. Great cruiser, great liveaboard. Tons 35-FT ATHENA, 1983. Montana. $68,500. 36-FT LANCER, 1982. Huntington Beach. of pictures and details at our website: By Sodergren/Sweden, deep and nar- $29,000/obo. Tabernacle/hinged mast. http://thepinkpanty.net. (415) 692-1330 row with fractional rig to weather like a Main, roller furling genoa and cruising 37-FT BENETEAU 373, 2005. Emery or boat4sale@sapphfi re.net. witch, with OEM self-tacking jib, offshore spinnaker. 3-cyl Yanmar diesel, GPS w/ Cove. $135,000. You will turn heads for all equipped, Montana fresh water-based plotter, autopilot, radar and VHF. Boat is the right reasons when you enter a marina since 1985. Exceptional boat/opportunity, clean and ready to go. (562) 896-3797. aboard this boat. Fully loaded 373, one possible delivery. (Skype) Jim Lekander or of the roomiest hulls for her length on the [email protected]. Bay and sails like a racer. Great weekend home to cruise and enjoy the Bay/Delta and beyond. This boat is very clean and is professionally maintained. In-mast furling, Yanmar 40hp, dodger, bimini, radar, GPS, feathering prop, two head sails with furling, dinghy with Honda 5 hp outboard and so much more. This model offers extra 35-FT WAUQUIEZ PRETORIEN, 1985. comfort in two cabins, convenient and Port Townsend. $79,500. Caixa has had well equipped galley and luxurious head. a number of nice upgrades and has 36-FT RAVAGE, 1981. Alameda $28,500. This is a great boat for quick getaways on been well cared for. Only one of the few Danish fiberglass racer/cruiser. An X- the water or extended cruising! (916) 212- for sale in the PNW. Additional items are 35-FT BENETEAU 343, 2006. Marina Yachts design that was built for the round 1322 or [email protected]. new dodger, wind vane, dinghy, freezer, Bay Yacht Harbor, Richmond. $118,000/ Denmark race. A very attractive boat with fridge, anchor winch, A-sym spinnaker, obo. Pristine condition, professionally newish North sails and Westerbeke diesel. 39-FT FREYA IN STEEL, 1974. Oxnard, SSB, radar, VHF, bottom paint (2010) and maintained. Raymarine E-80 chartplotter, Recent haulout. See more at www.fl ickr. CA. $29,000/obo. Freya Halvorsen 39 lots of other improvements. A safe and radar, autopilot, wind, depth, knotmeter. com/groups/1577453@N21. (415) 205- steel sloop. Insulated, rebuilt 85hp Ford capable cruiser and ready to go again. Lewmar electric windlass, furling jib, 2140 or [email protected]. diesel. Autopilot, radar, GPS, fridge, Stored on hard during winter. Contact StackPack main, microwave, AM/FM shower, hot water. Hood roller furling, (360) 477-2857 or (360) 681-6411 or radio with 10-CD player. (707) 545-6542 37-FT PEARSON 365, 1979. Moss hydraulic windlass, sounder, dodger, [email protected]. or [email protected]. Landing. $58,000. Pearson 365 sloop refurbished aluminum mast/boom. 8-ft completely upgraded with larger double dinghy. (805) 200-6089 or traim69@ 32-FT SABRE, 1985. Sausalito Yacht spreader mast and sails, new interior, hotmail.com. Harbor $49,500. 2009 refit: propane ports, life lines. New LPU paint on hull, stove/oven, running rigging, all hoses, bottom paint and deck. Low hours on GPS, VHF, stereo, batteries, salon cush- 4-108 Perkins diesel. Good electronics, ions, new jib, canvas dodger, engine heat propane stove, water heater. Most beau- exchanger. Westerbeke 21hp diesel. Avon tifully restored and cleanest 365 on the 9-ft dinghy. (415) 272-5056. West Coast. Photos available. Call. (831) 316-8282 or [email protected]. 36 TO 39 FEET 34-FT CATALINA, 1988. South Beach Harbor, San Francisco. $58,500 firm. Excellent SF Bay performance cruiser CAL 39 MK III, 1982. Pt. Richmond. set up for a couple or easy single-handed $72,000. A sweet sailer, beautifully sailing. Excellent condition. New standing maintained, continually upgraded. Two rigging and Navtec hydraulic backstay time MX vet, ready to go again. Spectra adjuster. Upgraded 12V system with H2O, solar panels, expanded diesel 440Ah house bank, separate starting tankage means cruising independence, battery, solar panel and monitor. Doyle easy sailhandling systems. Website for sails with StackPack and roller furling 38-FT CATALINA, 1985. Oyster Point. complete info. http://Cal39Allegria.com headsail. Wheel autopilot, CNG, outboard $47,500. Replaced in 2002 - main, head- or (510) 230-4979. hoist, Martec feathering prop, much more. 38-FT HUNTER 380, 2001. San Diego, sail, spinnaker, ‘03 - all rigging and battery www.sfsailtours.com/about_boat.htm. CA. $96,950. Well loved Hunter 380 charger, ‘05 - batteries, ‘09 - chartplotter 37-FT CREALOCK CUTTER, 1980. Contact [email protected] or for sale by owner. Lots of equipment C90W, depth, wind, knot log, 2010 - AIS, Monterey. $45,000. Ballenger tabernacled (408) 910-0095. and extras... ready to go! You can go autopilot. Bottom maintained monthly. mast. New Yanmar w/saildrive, radar, to her website for pics and full specs: (415) 860-2248 or [email protected]. GPS, easy access to all systems, 70gal www.hunter380.com, or call us and we diesel, 3 watertight bulkheads. Not in will fax or email them to you. (909) 721- yacht condition, needs fi nish work. Great 2095 or [email protected]. little sailing ship. Price fi rm. ddatpbio@ gmail.com.

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March, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 157 CATALINA 36 MK II, 1995. Alameda, CA. $85,000. Excellent condition, includes windlass, hot/cold pressurized water, inverter, VHF, electronics, low engine hours, 15hp Johnson motor and Zodiac inflatable. Contact (510) 523-4081 or [email protected].

Hand Crafted, High-Effi ciency Area Light LED Swivel Reading and Berth Lights in Chrome or Titanium (Brass) Finish 37-FT C&C, 1985. Emeryville. $54,000. Excellent condition, lovingly maintained, Brighten your cabin with better light quality, superior color pure sailing joy, major refi t 2009, fully rendition, and lower battery drain! Selection of wood choices equipped, all modern electronics, solid for fi xtures. Splash-proof and Night-vision models available. rod rigging, hydraulic backstay, N-S Dual power for bright light or gentle glow, and two levels of red. main, self-furling U-K jib, lines to cockpit, Yanmar 840 hrs, owner. (925) 788-6776 or [email protected]. Alpenglow Lights, LLC, P. O. Box 415, Eureka, MT 59917 38-FT KETTENBURG, 1956. 3 Available. [email protected] · www.alpenglowlights.com “Nice boat!”, “Beautiful boat!”, “Gorgeous boat!” heard many times from other boaters during every sail. Enjoy character, admiration, and fantastic sailing while sustaining the heritage. Details at: QUALITY CUSTOM CRUISING SAILS FOR LESS! www.sailk38.com. (916) 847-9064 or [email protected]. MAINSAILS MIZZENS

STAYSAILS 38-FT ERICSON, 1981. Monterey Harbor. HEADSAILS $45,000. Great looking E38 in great sailing condition. Fully loaded and ready to SPINNAKERS go. Bottom and topsides just painted. All SAILCOVERS exterior wood just reﬁ nished with Cetol Marine. Standing and running rigging STRONGTRACK replaced in 2004. Mast was pulled and painted at same time. Universal 32hp (707) 386-2490 • [email protected] 38-FT C&C LANDFALL, 1983. Philip- diesel engine runs great. Monterey Har- pines. $60,000. Well maintained and bor mooring available. (408) 667-8790 or 2021 Alaska Packer Pl. • Grand Marina • Alameda, CA 94501 equipped fast cruiser. Many recent [email protected]. upgrades: Spectra watermaker, liferaft, Force 10 stove, genny, Zodiac, Raymarine SAILMAKER TO THE WORLD SINCE 1947 ST60 group, more. See website for inven- 40 TO 50 FEET tory, photos and 360 degree virtual tour. http://IrishMelody.com. (707) 540-3079 or (707) 529-3079. Your Conversion Specialist EXPERIENCED SAIL REPAIR AND FABRICATION At Grand Marina NOW OFFERING NEW CRUISING SAILS! 45-FT SPARKMAN & STEPHENS. Owned and Operated by Rui Luis Seafarer yawl, 1962. San Francisco. 38-FT COLIN ARCHER PILOT CUTTER. $75,000. The S&S 45 was designed for (510) 523-1977 1950. San Diego. $52,000. Marion D. Built yachtsmen of another era who appreci- ated the classic looks and easy sailing 2021 Alaska Packer Place in Norway, pitch pine on pitch pine, white oak backbone, trunnel fastened, 85hp characteristics that made sailing with Alameda Ford Lehman 254. Hauling for mainte- family and friends such a pleasure. This is an opportunity to own a very special www.roostersails.com nance in March/wooding hull. Surveys welcome by appointment. More informa- yacht and design. Quality ﬁ berglass con- [email protected] tion: http://mariond.squarespace.com . struction throughout. Contact Jerry. (415) 435-3513 or [email protected].

41-FT RHODES, 1959. San Carlos, So- nora. $29,000. Bounty II, Hull glass over wood top. Totally rebuilt to new condition 1995. LaFiel mast, staylocks, North sails, MARINE ENGINE CO. Anderson 2-spdst winches, LaVac head, Force10 stove/oven. Needs engine and transmission. (520) 682-8457. LICENSED DEALER FOR ABOVE

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Page 158 • Latitude 38 • March, 2011 42-FT CATALINA, $180,000. 3 state- 41-FT MORGAN CLASSIC MODEL. rooms, 2 heads, Panda generator, air 1991. San Carlos, Mexico. $98,000. condition, dinghy, outboard, radar, GPS, Primo condition. Equipped and ready to radio reporting alarm system, pan-tilt- cruise. Center cockpit, great liveaboard, zoom CCTV top of mast, electric sheet must see to appreciate roominess. Recent winch, electric anchor winch. In-mast survey. See blog for equipment list and furling, 6-8 keel. Boat is 5 years old, one current photos. http://sailboatvagari. owner. New jib, dodger, cockpit cushions, blogspot.com. Contact (520) 825-7551 autopilot, chart plotter. Ready for the next or [email protected]. Ha-Ha. (707) 812-4003. 45-FT LOA RACER/CRUISER. Stockton 40-FT ANGELMAN KETCH, 1960. Sailing Club. Now $75,000/obo (was Ventura, CA. $45,000/obo. Designed by $90,500). Laurie Davidson (Kiwi) design famous West Coast marine architect, built with modifi cations by Carl Schumacher. by Newton & Sons, Hong Kong. Solid This is a perfect liveaboard - roomy 1-3/8” Burmese teak deck and hull on ipol 3-cabin layout has “big boat winner” double-sawn and bronze bolted frames. speed with furniture boat-Swan-like Sitka spruce spars. Lehman/Ford 4-cyl, interior. Self tacker-jib roller furler with 60hp diesel. 2 cabins, 2 heads and large like-new fully battened North mainsail, center pilothouse. Classic beauty. cruise ready, with many extra sails. Shown by appointment only. Ray Lopez. (209) 46-FT KELLY PETERSON, 1982. Morro 50-FT FD-12, 1981. Sea of Cortez. 772-9695. 43-FT SAGA, LEGACY IS FOR SALE. Bay. $189,000. Cruise ready with long list Unsinkable fully equipped blue water A rare opportunity to buy a well-equipped of equipment. 2 staterooms, 2 heads with cruiser, AK/Mex/SoPac vet. Superb gal- and maintained cruising yacht, turnkey new electric toilets, reefer and freezer, ley in pilothouse. 2 staterooms fwd and ready to take you anywhere in the world. large center cockpit, etc. Comfortable and master stateroom aft w/berths for 5-6. Full details at website. Delivery to West great sailing boat that’s ready to go any- Will consider partial trade for smaller Coast possible. www.legacysailing.com. where! www.facebook.com/pages/Kelly- coastal cruiser. See more at website. Peterson-46-sailboat/172704439424234. www.svdaydreamer.com. (805) 459-1909 or woodeneye53@yahoo. com. 43-FT ORCA, 1972. Mazatlan. $129,000 asking. Admiral’s Cup sloop, Dick Carter, Swan shape fi berglass, hull #6. Excep- tional, high performance, fast, strong, 50-FT GULFSTAR SAILMASTER, 1979. racer/cruiser. Two-year extensive refi t, Sausalito. $50,000. The boat has gone twin spreaders, fl ush teak deck, Lewmar though a major refi t the last year which winches, North racing-cruising sails, includes the following: New in-mast main Hood Profurl, 40 gal. fuel-water, SS sail. New Awlgrip paint on mast and hull. stove-oven, all new, Yanmar 50hp. Instru- New standing rigging. Blister repair with 40-FT PETERSON, 1979. Mexico. ment panel, windlass, Technautics fridge, barrier coat. Motor is a 65hp Perkins, it $75,000. Alum. hull, Pathfi nder, electric rigging. Awlgrip paint, Edson pedestal, has low hours on it with many upgraded windlass, 66 Bruce, Profurl, full-batten Yamaha Enduro, carb dinghy, Hydro- parts. New stainless portholes and hatch- 3 reef main, 3 headsails, winches-2 3 48-FT ISLANDER, 1985. Sausalito. vane, dodger-awning, Garmin GPSMAP, es. New upholstery and foam throughout. speed, GPS, depth sounder, autopilot, $185,000. This is a classic Ted Brewer inverter-charger, Navman, radar detec- I am including a dinghy with a 25hp. (415) 100 amp alternator, stove/oven, Lavac design built by Islander. Pristine condition, tor, VHF, Martec prop. Reduced price. 307-1304 or [email protected]. head, refrigerator-7.2 cubic ft. (435) 513- 3-year renovation just completed. Just [email protected] . 1556 or [email protected]. about everything is new, sails, rigging, plumbing, pumps, etc. Call or email for all the information. (415) 846-6919 or [email protected].

41-FT BENETEAU OCEANIS 411, 2001. 42-FT CASCADE, 1968. Portland, OR. Mediterranean. $139,000. The perfect 47-FT BENETEAU 473, 2004. Beauti- $49,900. Very comfortable cruiser. This couple’s cruising boat with offshore fully maintained, lavishly equipped, lightly boat has been all over the Northwest. Two capabilities. Two-cabin owner’s version. used, three staterooms. Elite upgrades: Ha-Ha’s. Repowered with new Yanmar Designed by Groupe Finot and built electric winches, bow thruster, air con- 43-FT TASWELL, 1995. Bainbridge in 2007. Please check out the long list by Beneteau in France. Well-equipped ditioning, heating, generator, MaxProp, Island, WA. $330,000. Pristine, center of equipment and many pictures. www. and meticulously maintained. Never Yanmar engine, epoxy barrier, forward cockpit full enclosure, Leisure Furl main, sailboatserendipity.com. (503) 297-5749 chartered. Stored on the hard at least six scanning sonar. Best 473 buy. Possible electric winch, RF genoa, low hours on or [email protected]. months per year since new. Only 1,100 tax advantages! For complete info and main and 5kw genset, watermaker, chart hours on Volvo 59hp engine. No sales tax, photos visit: http://yachtamicus.com . plotter, radar, ESPAR heat, much more. 40-FT CAPE DORY CUTTER, 1986. personal property tax, or value added tax http://nxtues.wordpress.com. (206) 295- Kemah, Texas. $118,750. Como No is for for USA buyers. USCG registered. Lying 45-FT DOWNEASTER CC, 1980. La 1024 or [email protected]. sale. Continuously maintained and upgrad- in the Med. Contact (415) 269-4901 or Paz, Mexico. Best offer. This California- ed and in excellent condition. Equipped [email protected]. built boat was reﬁ tted in 2004. Our plans for world cruising with solar, wind, vane have changed and we will make this an steering, Alpha pilot, watermaker, etc. See excellent deal for new owner. Can be seen more at website: http://sailingtexas.com/ at website. www.mazmarine.com. (941) scapedory40100.html. (979) 864-7755 or 204-3271 or [email protected]. [email protected].

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Page 160 • Latitude 38 • March, 2011 CATALINA 42 MKII PARTNERSHIP. SF Bay. $37,000 or Offer. 3 cabin fully equipped for cruising, 1/4 ownership: full electronics, SSB, water maker, bimini, heater, life raft, many more extras. Excel- lent condition and well maintained. Con- tact (925) 831-3015 or (925) 708-9547 or [email protected].

J/120 PARTNERSHIP. South Beach Mari- 52-FT MORRELLI & MELVIN, 2007. 50% PARTNERSHIP. On 2003 Tartan na, San Francisco. 50% equity ownership. HAWAII OFFSHORE PASSAGEMAKING. Alameda. $1,200,000. The ultimate 4400, $250,000 with financing. Boat Excellent condition 1998. Great sailboat instruction. Build passagemaking and cruiser! Designed for fast short-handed is currently located in Channel Island for Bay racing and/or family cruising. Fully cruising skills. Captain ref. w/combined ocean passages, equipped for extended Harbor, Oxnard, but can be relocated equipped with racing and cruising inven- 85 years experience. Limited sailing ex- liveaboard in remote areas. 52’ x 25’ x between SF and San Diego. Looking for tory. Great location next to AT&T Park. perience OK, eagerness to get involved, 25k lbs. Universal M-40B’s with shafts, 50% partner, and we can provide fi nanc- Serious buyers only. (831) 768-8742 or understanding you’re on an adventure, PSS, & fl exifolds. Hidden daggerboards. ing at attractive rate with only 10% down. [email protected]. safety of the boat and your fellow crew Carbon beams, chainplates, rudders. Our plans have changed to untie the dock members comes fi rst. (805) 481-4567. Ballenger spar, Pineapple sails. Webasto lines with a new baby on the way, but www.cruisingexpeditions.com. heat, on-demand hot water, Spectra Dad will not give up sailing. We have not watermaker. Layout = 3 cabin + 2 heads, been using too regularly, so use the boat galley up. 520W solar + DC genset. B&G frequently, but only pay for half! For video electronics and pilot w/inside steering. of the boat go to http://YouTube.com, and Many custom features. Launched 2007, search Tartan 4400, and see the test sail 15k bluewater miles. Serious inquires to: of our actual boat! Call John and let’s [email protected]. discuss. (530) 318-0730.

45-FT JEANNEAU PARTNERSHIP. POWER & HOUSEBOATS Emery Cove. 1/2 equity partnership $100k SOUTH OF THE BORDER and $220/month each. Like-new 2006 Jeanneau 45 Sun Odyssey with under PLAN YOUR MEXICAN GETAWAY NOW. 300 engine hours. Gorgeous interior with at the brand-new, gorgeous Cielo Y Mar Italian leather, fl at screen TV, stereo, 2 condos. Located in Punta Mita, 35 min- staterooms. Top of the line equipped. In- utes from Puerto Vallarta, available to mast furling main, roller furling jib, electric rent from private owner. On the beach, 10 winches, Yanmar diesel, E-80 Raymarine, feet from the water, they offer spectacular radar, autopilot, electric windlass. Fast, views of ocean and mountains, the big- easy to sail, great for entertaining and gest infi nity pool in the area, an endless cruising. Defi nitely worth seeing. (510) beach, great surf breaks, great fi shing, 599-0011 or [email protected]. tremendous views of whales, bird life 35-FT VIKING CONVERTIBLE. Sportfi sh- SPRING SAVINGS UP TO 50%. and the islands. While uncrowded and er, 1982. Monterey, California. $99,800. In 50% EQUITY PARTNERSHIP. Santa for charters between April 19 - June 30. tranquil, just a fi ve-minute walk to several excellent condition. Twin Cat 3208 Turbo Cruz Harbor. $22,500. 1989 Catalina Hope, our beautiful R&C 4600 cat featured waterfront restaurants. Choose from a diesel with troll valve. Boat is loaded. New 34 in excellent condition, located in a in Latitude 38, based in beautiful Belize, spacious, beautifully furnished one- or fi re system. Low hours and ready for fi sh- Lower Harbor berth. Excellent partner. awaits you. Don’t wait, space is limited, three-bedroom unit, or an amazing two- ing! Boat is in Monterey. Berth available. Great location. Contact (559) 312-5550 book now! [email protected]. story penthouse with lovely shade trellis http://acculoan.com/viking.htm. (925) or [email protected]. on the top fl oor. See details at website: 963-7031 or [email protected]. www.puntamitabeachfrontcondos.com. 1/3 EQUITY PARTNERSHIP. Beneteau To reserve, call: Dona de Mallorca. (415) 43.5-FT LABELLE TRAWLER. Sausalito. 350. South Beach, San Francisco. 599-5012. $125,000/obo. 360 view side tie adjacent $16,500. Invest now and get a front row to open space. Diesels w/500 hours, 7.5 seat for the America’s Cup with a 1/3 boat LA PAZ, BAJA. sailing with a MacGregor Onan. Roomy glass-enclosed sundeck. ownership. Experience all the enjoyment 26X or Herreshoff 28. www.sailing-baja. Full canvas. X-large custom galley. Mas- of boat ownership with a reasonable com. (011-52) 612-123-5440 or info@ ter has walkaround queen, tub + private investment and running costs. Average hacienda-sol.com. guest stateroom with large bed, head. monthly running cost: less than $200, Outstanding workmanship/condition. including dock fee, haul out (2-3 years) May fi nance or trade. (415) 999-5626. insurance/registration. New sail/cockpit VALLARTA CATAMARAN CHARTER. WANTED covers. Bottom paint, steering and Puerto Vallarta. Low season rates! Come 35-FT CHRIS-CRAFT CATALINA. engine overhaul and haul-out done Feb sail with us on famous HumuHumu in LET US PAY FOR YOUR BOAT! New Sausalito berth. $28,000/asking. 13’ 1” 2011. Great condition. (925) 640-4226 or perfect Banderas Bay conditions. Full day, or late model Catalina 350/355/375 or beam. Totally remodeled, large salon, [email protected]. Long Weekend or Costa Alegre Discovery Beneteau 34/37 for our WindPath Pro- head with shower. May fi nance, rent or Cruise. Vallarta has it all! www.catpv.com. gram at South Beach Harbor. Includes trade. (415) 999-5626. SAGA 409 PARTNERSHIP SFYC. Equity (760) 681-7825 or (760) 975-5850 or berthing at South Beach, all maintenance, ownership in new Saga 409. Semi-custom [email protected]. insurance, haul out, diving... everything! Tony Castro design built by Westerly Ma- www.windpath.com. (415) 543-7333. PARTNERSHIPS rine. Vacufl ush, fl at screen TV, microwave, 27-FT ERICSON, 1978 $13,000. Gusto. wine cellar. Electric halyard/mainsheet Wheel helm, Baja vet, loaded, on trailer winch. Fast, easy to sail. Call or email San Carlos. 3 anchors, roller furling, spin- 1/3 OR 1/2 SHARES. Beneteau Oceanis for pics and specs. (415) 298-2080 or naker, autopilot, sound Atomic 4, sounder, 440, Sausalito. $35,000. Excellent shape, [email protected]. VHF, GPS, dive equipment, reefer, pro- new electronics. Garmin 10” color, HD pane, teak interior, new upholstery, infl at- radar, AIS, XM weather. Dinghy 15hp, able plus motor. (209) 742-6182. cruising spin 1/3 or 1/2 shares. (415) 713- 9515 or [email protected].

Offshore/Coast Passagemaking • Cabo - Hawaii Passage Learn passagemaking and cruising skills from sailing veteran: daily hands on participation in instruction material, sailing drills and safety checks. superwind.com Captain references w/combined 85 years experience. 805-481-4567 Instruction / Itinerary / Package Details • www.cruisingexpeditions.com Need Crew? Latitude 38 Crew List A Boat to Crew on? STRICTLY SAIL PACIFIC • APRIL 14-17 ✩ Visit our website and sign up as Skipper or Crew ✩ It’s Free See www.strictlysailpaciﬁ c.com for events & schedules Find out about our next Crew Party: Wed., March 9, at Golden Gate Yacht Club Jack London Square • Oakland www.latitude38.com/crewlist/Crew.html or call (415) 383-8200

March, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 161 We care about sail care! GEAR VOLVO PENTA MD11C ENGINE. $1,800. with Model 110S sail-drive. Runs good and currently installed in boat in Alameda. Come see and hear it work. I want to upgrade to a newer, more powerful unit. (303) 674-2197 (H) or (510) 427-0393 (cell).

74-FT MAST. Designed for catamaran. OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY. San Car- Best offer. (415) 269-5165. los, Sonora, Mexico. $455,000. Nestled in a quiet Bahia with direct access to the bay from your back yard. Your own San Francisco Service private deep water mooring. Separate 773 Andersen Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901 MISCELLANEOUS guest house 1 bed/1 bath. Landscaped T: 415-453-2142 M: 510-333-4644 Faster by Design garden with palapa. Main house split Hours: 8-5 M-F, Sat. by appointment www.northsails.com level 2 bed/2 bath, fully furnished. Would consider trade for a price comparable to n n n n Sail Care Sail CoverS YaCht CoverS FlagS CruiSing ProduCtS property in Marin County. Owner ﬁ nancing possible. www.viviun.com/AD-145644/. Contact (415) 893-9777 or (415) 747-2160 or [email protected]. MORE ENERGY! BERTHS & SLIPS KEEP BATTERIES CHARGED! THE AMERICA’S CUP - AUSTRALIA. • KISS wind generators $8,950. Framed serigraph by LeRoy Nei- 70-FT SIDE-TIE AVAILABLE. $6.90 man. Signed and numbered. AP33/80. a foot. Rare East Harbor opening. Will • Solar panels and MORE Certiﬁ cate of Authenticity included. Last berth 45’+ sailboat. 6 foot draft, water, appraisal Feb. 2006. Make me an offer I electric included. Parking 50 feet from USE BATTERIES EFFICIENTLY! can’t refuse. (303) 674-2197 (H) or (510) boat. No liveaboards. Private-gated 427-0393 (cell). marina. www.hiddenharbormarina.com. • LED lights (916) 775-1313. LEASE YOUR BOAT? Experienced • Engel fridge/ seaman looking for boat to lease to be SLIPS AVAILABLE. Aeolian Yacht Club, freezers used for in-berth office location. Can 20’/40’ @ $4.76 a foot. MUST be a club provide maintenance as well as fees. member. Join Aeolian now and bring in • Wonder Wash (415) 606-9817. your boat. Initiation fee reduced to $100 and more during our Membership Drive in March. Call (510) 456-5911.

www.svhotwire.com 727.943.0424 CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS 50-FT PRIME SLIP PIER 39, SF. $50,000. F-Dock, Slip 11, east side. Protected SINGLE SKIPPERS AND CREW. from wind. Close to gangway, show- of all abilities are invited to join the Single ers and marina offi ce. Covered parking Sailors Association. Membership includes across street with special rates for daysailing, raft-ups, invaluable onboard owners. Contact (559) 355-6572 or training, social events. Meetings held [email protected]. 2nd Thursday, Ballena Bay Yacht Club, www.bbyc.org. Social; 6:30 pm. Meeting; NEED A FREE BOAT SLIP? Coronado. 7:30 pm. Guests welcome. More info at Perfect for out-of-state boat owners: 40’- www.singlesailors.org. (312) 402-3663. 50’, FREE docking/water/30AMP, sail or motor boat needed, private entry, friendly NEW & USED BOAT GEAR homeowners. Please call for details: Open Tues.-Sat. 10 to 5 p.m. NON-PROFIT (619) 341-4008. ABOUT BOATING SAFELY COURSE. Offered by USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 17. CREW Our basic boating course gives you the foundation for boating safely. Saturday, NEED CREW FROM HAWAII. to San March 12, 0830-1730 at YBI Coast Guard Francisco. I need three crew to sail with Station. $35 includes book. Contact: me from Hawaii to San Francsico on or fso-pe@fl otilla17.org. about July 5th. Boat is a well equipped Celestial 48 designed for offshore sailing. We will take the great circle route, PROPERTY SALE/RENT but will also motor when necesary to minimize the time and distance. I need SAUSALITO WATERFRONT SPACE. crew who have sailed offshore previously, Fantastic view: offi ces (1,747 and 475 preferably with some night watch experi- sq. ft.); warehouses, (2,824 and 960 sq.ft. ence. I need crew who can share some and retail/offi ce space (1,370 sq.ft.). Take of the expenses. If interested, please a tour with Valerie. (415) 720-1921 or (415) email me and I will respond with details. Worldwide Marine Forecasts 331-2044. [email protected]. SHARE OFFICE/LIGHT MANUFACTURING. CAPTAINS, FIRST OFFICERS & CREW. Cruising, Racing & Commercial space. $700. Clean bright sunny space on Rendezvous Charters is hiring ships crew Sausalito waterfront. Approximately 500 and licensed masters to sail our 80 pas- Packages Starting at $65.00 USD sq. ft. Free parking and good company. senger schooner, Bay Lady. Part time (415) 332-2509. or full time. Excellent wages/benefi ts. Mid-week and weekend work avail- (866) 882-WXGY (9949) toll free 970 N Kalaheo Ave able, fl exible schedule! Want to enjoy (808) 291-WXGY (Mobile) Suite C-104 your job? Building your sea time? Join (808) 254-2525 (Office) Kailua, Hawaii 96734 this rapidly growing company! GREAT (808) 443-0889 (Fax) [email protected] PEOPLE, fun company. Email resume to [email protected] or call Abby www.weatherguy.com at (415) 543-7333.

Page 162 • Latitude 38 • March, 2011 KKMI SAUSALITO TEAM MEMBER. JOB OPPORTUNITIES KKMI Sausalito is looking to grow the Team with travel-lift crew, rigging and MARINA ENGINEER. East Bay marina is engine mechanics. If you like working looking for a full time dock maintainance outdoors, enjoy problem solving and worker. Light electrical, plumbing, and have experience around boats then send carpentry and the ability to work well us your resume. Applications at website: with customers, a must. Excellent salary, www.kkmi.com. Call Erica at (415) 332- benefi ts, plus a possible free marina slip if 5564 or email [email protected]. you’re a boatowner. Email work qualifi cations to: [email protected]. RETAIL SALES SVENDSEN’S MARINE. A division of Svendsen’s Boat Works, is ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN. seeking a highly qualifi ed retail salesper- Administrative Assistant. San Mateo son. Candidates should have a strong County Harbor District. Applications are working knowledge of marine systems being accepted to establish a certifi ed list and components, including sailboat for Accounting Technician/Administative hardware, plumbing, electrical parts, Assistant $22.23 - $29.15. Deadline paints, solvents and coatings. Prefer- for applications is March 25, 2011. ence will be given to candidates with www.smharbor.com. (650) 583-4400. extensive blue water sailing or boating Sailing's more fun with friends! SMCHD 400 Oyster Point Blvd., #300, experience. Svendsen’s Marine is a So. San Francisco, Ca. 94080. growing company with over 45 years of proven success. Full-time and part-time SOUTH BEACH RIGGERS. Office positions are available. Full-time positions Come to the Latitude 38 Crew Party Manager. South Beach Riggers in Sau- include benefi ts, profi t sharing, and other salito is seeking a pleasant, friendly Offi ce company perks. Svendsen’s is an equal Wednesday • March 9 • 6-9 pm Manager to join our team. Someone who opportunity employer. Please email re- (Please, no early birds!) will make our customers feel welcome, sumes. No phone inquiries please. Email perform bookkeeping tasks: paying bills, [email protected]. Golden Gate Yacht Club 1 Yacht Rd., on the Marina in San Francisco preparing bank deposits, creating in- voices, and calculating payroll. Besides a MARINE TECHNICIAN. Hirschfeld Yacht $5 for under 25 with ID! • Munchies • No-Host Bar • Door Prizes familiarity with Word, Excel, and email, be is a Bay Area leader in the sales, repair, $7 for everyone else profi cient in Quickbooks (one year of ex- • Demonstrations, Slide Show service, installation, and customization (Exact change very helpful!) perience preferred). Other duties include of marine diesel engines and generators. • Guest Experts Including the updating daily and weekly schedules, or- We are looking for marine technicians to Yacht Racing Association dering offi ce supplies, assisting the owner join our team. Minimum qualifi cations: 2+ in a “hands-on” manner with business years direct mechanical/electrical experi- • Preceded by Sal's Infl atable Services management, and maintaining customer ence. Experience with gas and diesel in-the-water liferaft demo at 3 pm and vendor fi les. Requires the ability to engines ranging from 10-300hp, inboards (see ad on page 71) juggle multiple tasks, ie. answering the and outboards. Experience with manu- phone, greeting customers, assisting the facturers such as Mercruiser, Mercury, www.latitude38.com/crewlist/Crew.html owner. An interest in sailing is a plus, but Honda, Yamaha, Beta Marine, Yanmar, (415) 383-8200 a passion for details and organization are Perkins, Volvo, or Universal. Expertise “must-haves”. If interested, please call in electrical systems with a solid under- Doug. (415) 331-3400. standing of electrical fundamentals. Clean background check. Must have a California OCSC SAILING - INSTRUCTORS. driver’s license and car/truck. Must have wanted. OCSC Sailing, in the Berkeley own tools and mobile tool kit/bag. Pre- Marina, has openings for instructors for its ferred qualifi cations: ABYC Certifi cations, award winning school. OCSC’s curriculum manufacturer specifi c certifi cations, gas/ ’Lectronic Latitude is famous for turning out the best new diesel technology certifi cations, electrical sailors in the country. You’ll enjoy a thor- certifi cations. For more information and to ough training and coaching process to apply, email: [email protected]. has lots of help you develop as an instructor and help acquiring USCG license and US SAIL- NOW HIRING SAILING INSTRUCTORS. ING instructor certifi cations. P/T or F/T. Mountain View, CA. Shoreline Aquatic ‘Unique Visitors’! Read what being an instructor at OCSC Center is hiring sailing instructors for is like, at our website: www.ocscsailing. summer youth camps and weekend com/about/people/sailing_instructor.php. classes. 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March, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 163 KATADYN SURVIVOR 35 WATERMAKER The Survivor is a must for all sea-going vessels and is the most widely used emergency desalinator. It is used by the U.S. and international forces. It is able to produce 4.5 liters of drinkable water per hour. These are unused U.S. government surplus. PARTS YANMAR • UNIVERSAL • WESTERBEKE Reconditioned by Katadyn $950. PERKINS • ISUZU • PATHFINDER • ATOMIC 4 Compare to factory new price: $1,995. SERVICE For more information or DIESEL ENGINES to place an order, please call one of our sales reps. Equipment Parts Sales Barbara Campbell In the U.S.: (800) 417-2279 351 EMBARCADERO Outside the U.S.: (717) 896-9110 OAKLAND, CA 94606 (510) 465-1093

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Vessel surveys, consulting, deliveries. MAKELA BOATWORKS Family owned since 1948 Serving the Bay Area Wooden Boat Building • Repair and Restoration since 1980 19280 South Harbor Drive • Fort Bragg, CA 95437 www.norcalmarinesurveyors.com (707) 964-3963 email: [email protected] • www.Makelaboatworks.com (415) 505-3494 ADVERTISERS' INDEX

AB Marine ...... 36 Boat US Insurance ...... 112 Doyle Sails ...... 27 Grand Marina ...... 2 Landing School, The ...... 58 Almar Marinas...... 57 Boat Yard at Grand Marina, e Marine Systems ...... 165 Hansen Rigging ...... 89 Lee Chesneau’s Marine Weather ...... 69 Alpenglow Marine Lights ... 158 The ...... 39 E Paint ...... 35 Helms Yacht & Ship Lee Sails ...... 158 Antares Yachts ...... 17 Boatload Provisions ...... 71 Easom Rigging ...... 109 Brokers ...... 166 Lifeline Batteries ...... 68 Aqua Marine ...... 109 Bottom Siders ...... 160 ‘Else’: 40’ Dutch Yawl ...... 168 Helmut’s Marine Service ...... 56 List Marine Enterprises ...... 113 AVI Nautica ...... 135 Brisbane Marina ...... 61 Emery Cove Yacht Harbor .... 63 Heritage Marine Insurance ... 63 Loch Lomond Marina ...... 129 Bacon Sails & Marine BVI Yacht Charters ...... 135 Emeryville Marina ...... 150 Heritage Yacht Sales ...... 169 Lunasea Lighting ...... 64 Supplies ...... 65 City Yachts ...... 11 Equipment Parts Sales ...... 164 Hidden Harbor Marina ...... 95 Mahina Offshore Barz Optics ...... 89 Club Nautique ...... 22 Essex Credit Corp...... 18 Hogin Sails ...... 38 Expeditions ...... 147 Bay Area Multihull Assn. .... 160 Coast Marine ...... 120 Exturn/RS Jones ...... 59 Hood Sails ...... 29 Makela Boatworks ...... 164 Bay Island Yachts ...... 6 Conch Charters ...... 135 Farallone Yacht Sales ...... 8, 9 Hotwire Enterprises...... 162 Marin Convention & Bay Marine Boatworks ...... 47 Cover Craft ...... 60 Hydrovane ...... 102 Flex-O-Fold Propellers ...... 52 Visitors Bureau ...... 67 Bay Marine Diesel ...... 153 Coyote Point Marina...... 121 Interlux Yacht Finishes ...... 23 Flying Cloud Yachts ...... 167 Marin Yacht Works ...... 70 Berkeley Marina ...... 49 Cruise RO Water ...... 100 Jake’s Yacht Services ...... 168 Forespar ...... 108 Marina Bay Yacht Harbor .... 53 Berkeley Marine Center ...... 51 Cruising Yachts ...... 7 John Beery Yachts ...... 166 Fortman Marina ...... 67 Marina de la Paz ...... 165 Beta Marine Engines ...... 61 CYOA Yacht Charters ...... 134 Kissinger Canvas ...... 64 Garhauer Marine ...... 25 Marina El Cid ...... 149 Blue Pelican ...... 162 Defender Industries ...... 104 KKMI - Brokerage...... 169 Gentry’s Kona Marina ...... 151 Marina Puesta Del Sol ...... 148 Blue Water Yacht Insurance . . 40 DeWitt Studio ...... 153 KKMI - Full Service Gianola Canvas Products ... 151 Marina Riviera Nayarit ...... 50 Bluewater Network ...... 168 Diesel Fuel Filtering ...... 153 Boatyard...... 172 Golden State Diesel Marina Village ...... 45 Boat Electric ...... 60 Dockwise Yacht Transport ... 103 Marine ...... 164 KKMI - Seminars ...... 59 Marine Engine Co...... 158

Page 164 • Latitude 38 • March, 2011 FULL SERVICE MARINA Friendly, helpful, fully bilingual staff Solar PV /Wind Generators All new hardwood docks • Wireless Internet High Output Alternators Dinghy landing with potable water Low Power Refrigeration New protective piling & sheetpile breakwaters • And more! Inverters/Chargers/LED’s

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Mobile Marine Navigation Installations and Marine Mathiesen Marine Electrical Work VESSEL For all of your electronics and electrical needs Sales & Installation of all major brands ELECTRIC of marine electronics Now PC & Mac based Navigation Systems certiﬁ ed installer Electrical system and warranty dealer. certiﬁ ed installer Troubleshooting & Repair Corrosion issues, Inverters, Battery Banks Milltech Marine AIS 3300 Powell Street, Emeryville Brian Theobald • (415) 424-2204 • [email protected] (510) 350-6622 www.MathiesenMarine.com ADVERTISERS' INDEX – cont'd

Marine Outboard Co...... 62 North Direct Sails ...... 56 Punta Mita Beachfront Seatech ...... 160 Weatherguy.com ...... 162 Mariner’s General Ins...... 117 North Sails ...... 162 Condos ...... 152 South Beach Harbor ...... 32 Wedlock, Ramsay & Whiting Maritime Institute ...... 105 North Sails - San Francisco . . 37 Quantum Pacifi c ...... 19 South Beach Riggers ...... 33 Marine Surveyors ...... 164 Marotta Yachts ...... 170 Oakland Yacht Club ...... 70 Quickline ...... 68 South Beach Yacht Club ...... 94 West Marine ...... 26, 28, 30 Martyr Anodes ...... 63 Opequimar Marine Raiatea Carenage Stem to Stern ...... 67 West Marine - Rigging...... 54 Services ...... 146 Mathiesen Marine ...... 165 Center ...... 149 Strictly Sail Pacifi c ...... 55 Westwind Precision Details ... 33 Richardson Bay Marina ..... 120 Mazatlan Marine Center/ Orange Coast College ...... 43 Svendsen’s Boat Works ...... 21 Whale Point Marine Supply...46 La Paz Yachts ...... 13 Rooster Sails ...... 158 White, Chris Designs ...... 153 Outboard Motor Shop ...... 102 Svendsen’s Marine ...... 42, 95 McDermot Costa Insurance .. 89 Sail California ...... 14, 15 Wichard, Inc...... 48 Owl Harbor Marina ...... 69 Swedish Marine ...... 66 McGinnis Insurance ...... 105 Sail Warehouse, The ...... 71 WinchRite/Sailology ...... 66 Oyster Cove Marina ...... 10 Tartan 4400: ‘Tartini Time’ . 168 Michael Wiest Yacht Sales . 167 Sailrite Kits ...... 16 Windrider ...... 113 Oyster Point Marina ...... 148 The Multihull Company ...... 168 Milltech Marine Inc...... 34 Sal’s Infl atable Services ...... 71 Yacht ‘Kiapa’ ...... 166 Pacifi c Crest Canvas ...... 59 TMM Yacht Charters ...... 134 Minney’s Yacht Surplus ...... 153 Pacifi c Rigging ...... 65 San Francisco Boat Yachtfi nders/Windseakers ... 13 Works ...... 95 Trident Funding ...... 4 Modern Sailing School & Pacifi c Yacht Imports ...... 12 Club ...... 101 San Juan Sailing ...... 135 Twin Rivers Marine Don't forget to tell 'em Pantaenius America, Inc. ... 160 Insurance ...... 44 Napa Valley Marina ...... 113 Sausalito Yacht Club ...... 24 Latitude Paradise Village ...... 41 Ullman Sails ...... 58 New Era Yachts ...... 167 Scanmar International ...... 100 sent you! Passage Yachts ...... 5 Vallejo Marina ...... 109 Norpac Yachts ...... 171 Schaefer Marine ...... 69 Pettit Paint ...... 31 Vallejo Yacht Club ...... 88 Norstar Boats/Norstar 40 .... 65 Schoonmaker Point Marina . . 20 Pineapple Sails ...... 3 Ventura Harbor Boatyard ... 147 North Beach Marine Sea Frost ...... 62 Canvas ...... 33 Pittsburg Marina ...... 105 Seashine ...... 61 Vessel Electric ...... 165

March, 2011 • Latitude 38 • Page 165 The Ultimate Cruiser?

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Page 166 • Latitude 38 • March, 2011 Sail · BROKERS · Power 6400 Marina Drive www.yachtworld.com/fcyachts Phone (562) 594-9716 Long Beach, CA 90803 ﬂ [email protected] Fax (562) 594-0710

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42' TAYANA VANCOUVER, 1986 Robert Harris' Vancouver 41' TARTAN, 1975 30' BABA, 1982 This Robert Perry-designed classic was de- designs have earned reputations over the years as reasonably This beautiful US-built performance-oriented classic is in ﬁ ne signed as a yacht that could maintain a crew for extended passag- performing, comfortable and extremely seaworthy cutters for shape, sails like a witch and is very competitvely priced – all in es without sacrificing the qualities that make for a great single- the serious cruiser and this is a very nice example. Inquire all a compelling package. $79,000 hander or weekender. Lying transferable Sausalito slip. $59,000

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38' INGRID SLOOP, 1984 Clean, never cruised, one owner 38' C&C, 1980 C&C is known for producing fast, good looking 36' ISLANDER, 1981 One of the most popular 36' sailboats example of this classic John Atkins design. A modern adaptation of and well built boats, and this is a prime example: she shows very ever built, and this late model is VERY clean overall with her oiled pilot boats designed by Colin Archer for North Sea conditions, the nicely (especially her oiled Burma teak interior), is competitively teak interior showing almost as new, nice canvas and professionally Ingrid is the gold standard for capable cruisers. $49,000/Offers priced and sails like a witch – a very nice combination. $44,900 maintained brightwork. VERY competitvely priced at $34,500

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33' C&C, 1977 Striking dark blue-hulled racer/cruiser with 1988 35' PEARSON SLOOP, 1981 Built in Rhode Island to typical 26' CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER, 1968 Built as a show boat diesel engine, roller furling main and jib, and wheel steering shows Pearson standards, this is one of the last 35s built and has been a for the Cheoy Lee distributor in Seattle, this is one of the nicest very nicely both inside and out. Fin keel, spade rudder, deck-stepped local boat since 1983. In very nice shape, priced right and lying in we've seen. One of the last built, ﬁ berglass hull, raised cabin top. mast and club-footed jib. Motivated two-boat owner. $29,500 a transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. A nice package! $29,000 Repowered with Yanmar diesel, new main and rigging. $16,500

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AS SEEN IN Visit us at BEAUTIFUL & FRIENDLY Brickyard Cove Marina REDUCED! WALL STREET JOURNAL SAIL 48' DUTCH CANAL Boat w/diesel main. 42' GRAND BANKS Twl. Aft cabin, F/B, Onan, 100' MEGA SLOOP Custom Offshore Perfor- FANTASTIC SAUSALITO LIVEABOARD. Built in twin dsls, radar. Excellent ...... 121,000 steel by DeVries. Unique cruising liveaboard mance Cruiser. Comfort & luxury, spacious, 36' SEA RAY 360 aft cabin fl y bridge express. for Bay and Delta. Comfort and character. sleeps 17, loaded and near new. GREAT Twins. Nice & a GREAT VALUE. Asking 34,950 Tub, galley, fi replace, salon, convertible aft 43' POLARIS Canoe-Stern Cutter. Proven cruiser. Established and unique SF Bay charter business CHARTER POTENTIAL!!! ...... Try 885,000 34' CLASSIC LAKE UNION DREAMBOAT. We Dsl, furling, wheel steering, full galley, 14'6" beam, featuring exotic dancers (girls and/or guys for ladies enclosure & MORE! . . REDUCED 209,950 58' ALDEN Boothbay Ketch. 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Total and magnifi cent 28' BAYLINER 2850 FLYBRIDGE SEDAN. New liferaft & MORE! Family emergency forces 50% professional restoration. Beautiful, VOLVO/GM 300 hp V8, economical & 30+MPH MUST SELL NOW! REDUCED! PRICE SLASH. Must sell NOW! This is way too stunning, ALL VARNISHED TEAK 1923 head- reported. Just completely refurbished & refi tted cheap for this vessel! ...... Asking 19,250 turner, copper riveted, tasteful and completely to exceptional condition...... Asking 19,950 32' GULF P/H by Wm. Garden. Diesel, F/G modernized and updated systems. MANDARIN 27' FARALLON Pilothouse, '86. F/G, twin and MORE ...... Asking 9,500 has a fascinating history and is an important 5L V8s, fast and seaworthy. Just part of the West Coast Yachting tradition. detailed and very nice ...... Asking 51,950 43' D.M. CALLIS CLASSIC 1923 Custom Express 36' ISLANDER Slp. Well respected and outstandingly 32' TAHITI KETCH, diesel, teak, partially Now VASTLY REDUCED to a fraction of Cruiser, Mandarin. 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